Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have neutralised the commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), Abubakar Dan-Buduma, and 19 other fighters in Borno State.
By our correspondent
The Shura Council of ISIS in west Africa – the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) has appointed one Aliyu Chakkar as its new âGovernor of the Lake Chadâ region, according to a security expert in the know. Aliyu Chakkar replaces Amir Goni Maina after the ISWAP warlord was eliminated in a Nigerian Army and Nigerian Air Force coordinated military bombardment, according to Mr David Otto, a London-based security expert. In a paper attributed to David Otto sighted by our correspondent yesterday, the military action occured while the jihadists were in the process of conducting a strategic leader ship and operational meeting at a location given as Sabon Tumbu, on December 1, 2020.