The Islamic State of West Africa (ISWAP), a factional Boko Haram sect, has appointed Aliyu Chakkar as its new “governor of the Lake Chad”.
According to TheCable, Chakkar will be replacing Goni Maina, the former commander who died on December 1 in an air raid jointly carried out by the Nigerian army and the air force.
Eko Hot Blog gathered that Maina was said to have been hit while at a meeting in Sabon Tumbu around the Lake Chad region.
The online media outfit quoted sources to have said the air raid at Ingilwa, Tundun Wulgo, Jubularam and Abbaganaram frindges of the Lake Chad region, also leaves more than 100 insurgents dead, “including several high-ranking insurgents’ commanders, foot soldiers and Hisbah police from the ISWAP faction, Abubakar Shekau faction and foreign mercenaries”.
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According to a source, Chakkar, upon assuming the new role, “vowed to launch attacks before the end of the month”.
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