ISWAP wipes out top Boko Haram commanders in Borno ambush

A caller confrontation has reportedly erupted betwixt 2 rival Boko Haram factions successful Borno State, with fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, launching an ambush connected members of Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad, JAS, leaving respective elder commanders feared dead.

The incidental was reported by information expert Zagazola Makama, who disclosed that the onslaught occurred astir Bula Murge successful Bama Local Government Area of the state.

According to the report, the ambush took spot successful the Gargash country adjacent Bula Murge, astir 11 kilometres northbound of Miyanti and 26 kilometres northeast of Bama, wherever ISWAP fighters reportedly launched a astonishment battle connected the rival faction.

The study said the ambush inflicted dense casualties connected the rival faction, with respective salient JAS commanders feared to person died during the assault.

Among those reportedly killed were Abu Ubaida, Modu Kori, Alhaji Modu, Mure, Zarkawi, Sheriff and Modu Maye, each identified arsenic elder commanders wrong the JAS faction operating successful the area.

According to the report, intercepted communications suggest...