Nigerian Army destroys ISWAP caliphate in Borno

Troops of 401 Special Forces Brigade in conjunction with 19 Brigade Baga while on offensive clearance operations between Cross kauwa and Gudumbali in Borno State have neutralised terrorists and destroyed the purported Islamic State – West Africa Province (ISWAP) Caliphate.

The achievement was recorded on Tuesday. Meanwhile, in the early hours of today 26 January 2022, troops of 25 Task Force Brigade Damboa, Borno State, destroyed and burnt identified BokoHaram/ISWAP Night Market at Gumsuri.

ISWAP is a splinter group of Boko Haram. It has been two decades since Mohammed Yusuf founded the group that became known as Boko Haram, and over a decade since its violent attacks reached the scale of an insurgency.

ISWAP terrorists align ideologically with IS, and has also adopted many of its technologies and tactics.