Trouble in Boko Haram Camp as ISWAP Kills Over 200 Members, Women, Children in Borno Town
- Some members of the Boko Haram terrorist group have been killed by a rival sect, the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP)
- The terrorist fighters were killed around Gudumbali area of Borno state during a clash between the Boko Haram members and their colleagues in ISWAP
- According to a military source, both women and children from the terrorist camp suffered causality during the clash
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Over 200 Boko Haram fighters have been reportedly killed by the rival clash with the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP)
The Cable reports that the ISWAP fighters had targeted hundreds of Boko Haram members and their families while fleeing from attacks Gudumbali area of Borno state.
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It was gathered that the displaced Boko Haram fighters scampering for safety were displaced to the Gwoza, Konduga, Mafa, Dikwa, Gajiram, and Lake Chad shores.
A source within the military who spoke on the incident said that fighters from the ISWAP camp intercepted some fleeing members of the Boko Haram sect at Choliye village.
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It added that about 200 of the Boko Haram member - including their women and children - were killed during the clash.
The source said:
“In Yale, a village in Konduga LGA, ISWAP Commander Modu Bashir Okocha led another team of ISWAP to attack another Boko Haram position, and as a result, killed 15 of them, seizing their weapons and motorcycles.
“The fierce onslaught had forced hundreds of the Boko Haram fighters and their families to surrender to the troops of Operation Hadin Kai in Mafa, Konduga, and other parts of the Theatre while some of them managed to flee through Mafa to Dikwa, Abadam, as well as the Niger Republic in the Lake Chad region.
“Some of the fighters escaped to the camp of Bakura Wulgo, aka Abou Oumaymah, in the axis of Marte and Krenowa while others ran to the Mandara Mountains in Gwoza to seek refuge and protection from Ali Ngulde.”
Fresh tension erupts, voters flee polling units as Boko Haram strikes in Borno
On election day, Saturday, February 25, Boko Haram attacked polling units in Gwoza town, Borno state.
The armed men disrupted voting processes as the people perform their civic responsibility in the ongoing presidential and parliamentary elections.
Meanwhile, voters fled for their lives in the town as some persons were reported injured, and no lives were wounded.
340 Terrorists and Their Family Members Surrender to Nigerian Military in Northeast
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have sustained and continue to dominate their general areas of operation.
Operational activities were conducted in various villages, towns, cities and communities in the northeast region.
Military authorities say the operations were geared towards denying terrorists freedom of action and restoring normalcy to the zone.
Source: Legit.ng
