Okay.ng learnt that the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) fighters attacked the Boko Haram strongholds over the weekend, continuing what appeared to be their ongoing rivalry conflict. Six of them were reportedly killed in the attack.
ISWAP had quietly invaded the Boko Haram terrorists’ residence in Gajibo, a hamlet 95 kilometers northeast of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, and killed six people they deemed to be “infidels.”
Zagazola Makama, a security analyst and counter-insurgency specialist in Lake Chad, claims that the assailants also took five AK-47 rifles from Boko Haram insurgents.
ISWAP had launched numerous effective attacks against Boko Haram terrorists during its protracted wars, costing the organization a significant number of lives and military resources.
As the rebellious ISWAP had sworn to struggle more with members of its former main body than even with the Nigerian troops, the escalating inter-rivalry clashes between jihadist organizations may drive them to irrevocable self-destruction.
