A Boko Haram group affiliated to the Islamic State Saturday night launched coordinated attacks on three military formations in Buni Yadi in Yobe State and Gajiganna and Gajibo in Borno State. Nigerian journalist Ahmad Salkida who has knowledge about the workings of the terror groups in Nigeria’s northeast said the attacks “started almost simultaneously at 6pm” by Islamic State in West African Province, ISWAP. The coordinated attacks were carried out hours after eight people were killed when insurgents hit Maiduguri, Borno State capital city on Saturday. “We recovered a total of eight bodies of residents killed in the Boko Haram attack,” late on Friday, Haram Abba Aji-Kalli of the Civilian JTF militia told AFP. The day before, at least four people were killed when the insurgents struck a convoy belonging to the governor of northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, of which Maiduguri is the capital.

Source: The Guardian February 17, 2019 09:00 UTC