About 70 combatants and commanders were killed in a clash between Boko Haram and its rival terrorist group, ISWAP on Saturday. The Saturday Boko Haram-ISWAP clash, according to reports, took place at Tumbum Ali Island in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State around 2 pm. Sources said it was a retaliatory attack by ISWAP to exact vengeance on Boko Haram over the massive killing of ISWAP fighters by the Buduma factions that had seized most of their hideouts. According to a Chad Basin security and counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, six boats belonging to the Bakura Buduma faction and four JAS elements boats, all full of fighters were destroyed. The incessant ISWAP-Boko Haram clashes portray a three-pronged terror with the MNJTF on one hand and the two rival groups.

Source: Punch November 19, 2023 05:07 UTC