Why Boko Haram Chief Executioner Surrendered After Slaughtering More Than 1,000 People

Chief executioner of Boko Haram, Bashir Bulabuduwaye, who reportedly carried out more than 1,000 executions including of military personnel has surrendered to the Nigerian Army according to credible sources.

His surrender was, however, not out of repentance but for fear of being caught by men of ISWAP who earlier sent his leader, Abubakar Shekau to hell fire when they confronted him in his hideout within Sambisa Forest about a year ago.

According to Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in Lake Chad, West Africa, Bulabuduwaye was Boko Haram’s chief executioner who was believed to have slaughtered all abducted persons condemned by the group.

It was gathered that the terrorist surrendered alongside members of his family including wife and children to the troops of Operation Hadin Kai in Banki in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State on September 12, 2022.

Bulabuduwaye it was gathered was the official executioner during the brutal reign of Abubakar Shekau who was known to have been impulsive in rolling out his sentences even against members of the Boko Haram sect.

The surrendered terrorist is believed to be the executioner seen in many of the videos sent out by Boko Haram either executing or threatening to execute their prisoners.

The sources said Bulabuduwaye and his team of executors had murdered at least 1,000 persons that were captured and sentenced to death.

It was gathered that Bulabuduwaye was among the Commanders who fled the last year’s invasion of the terror group’s stronghold in the Sambisa forest area by a column of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters, in May 2021 which resulted to the death of its Leader Abubakar Shekau.

“He broke away after refusing to pledge his  allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS), to form a camp in Kote village in the axis of Banki, where he was hiding with other fighters,” the source said.

“He surrendered due to the sustained intensified intelligence-led Air Strikes, heavy artillary bombardment and ground, offensives by the Nigerian Military troops of Operation Hadin Kai.

“It was difficult for him to access food and other logistics coupled with the flooding which already ravaged most of their settlement. He also fear battlefield elimination by ISWAP, being one of those fingered to be eliminated for refusing to pay allegiance,” said the sources.

The Theatre Commander, North East “Operation Hadin Kai”, Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, said over 79,000 insurgents comprising combatants and non combatants have so far surrendered.

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