Scores Killed As ISWAP, Boko Haram Clash In Borno
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the late Abubakar Shekau’s Boko Haram faction and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) clashed on Thursday leading to the death of a commander simply identified as “Kundu” and other fighters.
A security source said that Kundu and his team were on a robbery mission when the ISWAP intercepted them on six motorcycles between Dikwa and Bama local government areas.
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Confirming the attack, Zagazola Makama, a security analyst and a counter insurgency in Lake Chad, said, “A heavy fight ensued between the terrorists resulting to dozens of casualties on the side of the Boko Haram terrorists, while few ISWAP terrorists were wounded.
“The Boko Haram terrorists took to their heels leaving their motorcycles to the ISWAP terrorists.”
Meanwhile, troops of the Nigerian Army attacked an ISWAP hideouts killing three commanders and many other terrorists in the Lake Chad Basin.
Military Super Tucano jets destroyed three camps in the northern part of the Borno State.
The strikes coordinated by the Air Task Force (ATF), Operation Hadin Kai, targeting the terrorists’ hideouts in Rino, Jibularam and Kangarwa in Marte and Kukawa local government areas was Launched in the early hours of September 14.
A top military officer told Daily Trust that many fighters were killed during multiple airstrikes in Lake Chad between Tuesday and Thursday.
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Makama, who also confirmed the operations, said that the first damaging air interdiction targeted a hideout of the terrorist and a training camp in Rinu, killing an unspecified number of the fighters.
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