According to reports, 60 ISWAP (Islamic State in West Africa Province) terrorists, including three key commanders, have been captured by Boko Haram troops.
The three commanders were identified as Malam Idris, Abou Maimuna, and Abubakar Saddiq.
The ISWAP terrorists were apprehended on their way to Damasak in Borno State, according to Zagazola Makama, a security analyst and counter-insurgency expert in Lake Chad.
He said the Boko Haram Buduma factions which had an upper hand against ISWAP in the recent turn of events captured most of the enclaves of ISWAP, forcing them to take refuge in a more fortified hideouts in the axis of Kukawa and Madayi and Kwatan Mota.
“Their recent upper hand against the ISWAP was achieved due to the fact that some aggrieved ISWAP fighters had left the group to join forces with the Boko Haram Buduma Faction,” he said.
“These captives were later taken to an underground prison cell at KWATAN MOTA close to Dogon Chukwu where they were held as Prisoners of War.”
The latest supremacy battle between the terrorists reportedly occurred on Monday.
Meanwhile, a total of 78 more Boko Haram terrorists and their family members have reportedly surrendered to the troops of Sector 3 Multinational Joint Task Force(MNJTF) Operation Hadin Kai in Monguno Local Government Area of Borno.
Daily Trust
