Just in: Senior Boko Haram commander reportedly killed in Borno (Photo)

Reports from Borno state say that a top commander of the Boko Haram insurgents has reportedly been killed in Bama local government area.

Tukur Bama (top right) has been killed under yetto be confirmed circumstances

The insurgent commander named Tukur Bama was said to have been killed at a village called Bolongu in Bama local government.

It was not clear at press time how he was killed exactly but pictures of his body showed he may have been shot dead while on a bombing mission. He was strapped in an explosive vest on military camouflages.

The news of Bama's death was shared by a Twitter user called Dogo M. Shettima.

BIAFRATIMESTV presently trying to get the Nigerian Army to confirm the death of Tukur Bama