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BREAKING: Residents Flee as ISWAP Insurgents Attack Chibok Community, Dislodge Soldiers

Wednesday, May 04, 2022 at 5:24 AM by Nurudeen Lawal

Suspected ISWAP terrorists have reportedly launched a fresh attack on Kautukari community in Chibok LGA, Borno state
Residents are reportedly fleeing into the bush for safety as the terrorists shoot sporadically in the troubled community
Troops have, however, been mobilised from the army’s 117 battalions in Chibok town which is about 17km away from the area

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Chibok LGA, Borno state - Kautukari, a community in Chibok LGA of Borno state, is currently under attack by suspected fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP).

According to TheCable, a resident said the insurgents invaded the community around 6pm on Tuesday, May 3, and started shooting randomly.

ISWAP/Boko Haram in Borno, Kautukari, Chibok Community, Nigerian Soldiers — ISWAP terrorists attacked Kautukari in Chibok local government area of Borno state. Photo credit: HQ Nigerian Army
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The suspected ISWAP fighters are reportedly setting houses ablaze while locals are fleeing into the bush for safety.

Soldiers stationed at a military forward operation base (FOB) in Kada, just 2km away from Kautukari, were said to have been dislodged.

Troops kill Boko Haram/ISWAP’s spiritual leader, recover arms

Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that operatives of the Nigerian Army neutralised the spiritual leader of several ISWAP/BokoHaram terrorists.

According to a Twitter post by the official handle of the Nigerian Army Headquarters on Friday, April 29, the terrorists were killed during an operation at Manjo Ali Qere in Borno state.

It was gathered that the operation tagged 'Operation Desert Sanity' launched the attack on Thursday, April 28.

Ex-Chibok schoolgirls who escaped from captivity bag Masters degrees in US university

In another report, two young Nigerian females, Joy Bishara and Lydia Pogu, who were among the more than 200 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in April 2014 bagged master’s degrees from Florida’s Southeastern University on Friday, April 29.