ISWAP, Boko Haram clash claims more terrorists in Borno

The terrorists were eliminated on November 21, 2022, in a sustained clash between the two groups in the Chillaria hideouts. A counter-insurgency expert in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, disclosed in Maiduguri, yesterday: “ISWAP terrorists ambushed a convoy of Boko Haram fighters. This led to a 40-minute fierce gun battle about 4.30p.m.”

According to him, ISWAP took strategic positions to rout Boko Haram fighters, killing an unspecified number of them. A military source in Maiduguri also disclosed that a Hilux truck, motorcycles and other weapons were seized from Boko Haram. Makama had predicted that the worsening rivalry between the jihadist groups might lead to irreversible self-destruction.

“The revolting ISWAP had vowed to battle more with members of its former main body than troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK),” he noted.