Boko Haram have dispatched no fewer than 80 of its members to join forces with the Islamic State militants fighting in Libya.
The Sentinel magazine of the Washington-based Jamestown Foundation in an article estimated that between 80 and 200 Boko Haram fighters are currently in the Libyan city of Sirte.
Boko Haram had pledged allegiance to ISIS earlier in the year.
Boko Haram insurgents are also suspected to be fighting in Niger Republic in what is being interpreted as the strengthening of its ties with the Islamic State Group.
About two weeks ago,two young Nigerians from Kano were arrested in India as they made to cross into Pakistan at the border of both countries.
