Boko Haram fighters have reportedly captured 60 terrorists belonging to the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), including three commanders of the group.
The identified commanders are Abubakar Saddiq, Abou Maimuna, and Malam Idris.
According to Zagazola Makama, an expert in countering insurgency and a security analyst in the Lake Chad region, the ISWAP terrorists were taken captive while they were en route to Damasak in Borno State.
Makama explained that the recent shift in the tide of events favored the Boko Haram Buduma faction over ISWAP, enabling them to seize most of ISWAP’s strongholds.
He said the development forced ISWAP members to seek refuge in more heavily fortified hideouts within the Kukawa, Madayi, and Kwatan Mota areas.
“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,” Makama stated.
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He added, “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.”
This latest confrontation between the rival terrorist factions reportedly occurred on a Monday.
GOOD EVENING NIGERIA reports that ISWAP, a breakaway faction of Boko Haram has always been in clash with the main faction.
In one of the attacks led by three notorious ISWAP commanders, comprising Mallam Abubakar Maina, Qaed Malam Dahiru, and Qaed Mallam Dahiru in Guzamala, over 200 Boko Haram militant jihadists, including their women and children were eliminated
Consequentially, 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.
They were said to have surrendered due to the sustained onslaught on their hideouts by troops as well as the raging infighting with ISWAP which led to the killing of over 100 terrorists on both sides within the last 7 days.
