Dozens feared dead as Boko Haram fighters crush ISWAP in fierce Lake Chad battle

A caller clash betwixt rival violent groups, Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad, JAS, and the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, has reportedly near dozens of fighters dormant successful parts of the Lake Chad Islands, raising renewed information concerns crossed Nigeria’s North-East.

The improvement was reported by information expert Zagazola Makama.

According to the report, the warring erupted astir Mangari and Tumbun Allura aft some factions engaged successful a fierce conflict implicit power of strategical locations wrong the Lake Chad basin.

Makama reported that JAS fighters gained the precocious manus during the confrontation, allegedly sidesplitting dozens of ISWAP fighters earlier seizing 2 boats belonging to the rival radical and retreating to their stronghold astatine Kurnawa.

The study noted that the boats are considered captious assets due to the fact that they are utilized to transport fighters, weapons, nutrient supplies and different logistics crossed the Lake Chad waterways.

“The reported seizure of the boats is considered significant, arsenic watercraft stay a captious means of proscription for fighters, weapons, nutrient supplies and different logistics crossed the hard terrain of the Lake Chad waterways,” the study stated.

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