April 27, (THEWILL) – At least six commanders of the Islamic State of the West African Province and the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, Boko Haram faction were and scores of fighters were perished in a gunfight between the groups at in Kukawa local government areas of Borno State.
It was gathered that angry Boko Haram elements attacked ISWAP fighters enclaves at Tumbum Fulani in Kangarwa axis of Kukawa in the fringe of the Lake Chad region on Friday.
Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region disclosed that the fight at Tumbun Fulani was bloody as the Boko Haram group succeeded in killing Abu Imrana, the ISWAP Commander (Khaid) of the Lake Chad, Abu Nura, Commander In Charge of the Waterways (Naval) as well as scores of their fighters.
Makama said the Boko Haram faction, who carried the attack tried to withdraw, but they met strong resistance from the ISWAP counterparts, who deployed more of their fighters to engage the rival group.
The source revealed that the ISWAP overpowered the Boko Haram faction and killed four harass and several fighters while 24 fighters were captured alive and taken to Prison.
The source added that the ISWAP group also seized several weapons from the Boko Haram group.
The JAS group, led by Ibrahim Bakura Doro aka Bakaura Buduma, has remained a formidable enemy of ISWAP ever since Shekau’s death. It has repeatedly attacked ISWAP positions around Lake Chad.
The deadly rivalry between the two erstwhile allies will continue unabated as the Boko Haram fighters are not prepared to surrender their supremacy or be displaced by the ‘usurpers.
ISWAP on the other hand, vowed to eliminate all the Boko Haram terrorists on the surface of the earth.
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I am Ladi Dapson, a general writer with thewill. I cover Borno and Yobe states respectively.
I based Maiduguri, Borno State Capital.
I can be reached via ladi4media@gmail.com.
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