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.
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Bloodbath in ISWAP camp over appointment of Aliyu Chakkar as new Governor of the Lake Chad View All Result
A deadly mutiny broke out at ISWAP terrorists’ self-proclaimed Headquarters, located at Koyowa, a remote camp in the fringes of the Lake Chad Basin, West and Central Africa region, with routes stretching towards the Sahel via the Niger Republic.
Sources confirmed that the ISWAP jihadist clash occurred on Sunday, December 13th less than 24 hours after reports emerged of the appointment of a new ISWAP terrorists’ Governor of the Lake Chad region, Amir Aliyu Chakkar.
According to reports, more than 50 jihadists have died and several others seriously injured; from both loyalists and opposing units of the new Governor in a bloody shoot-out that lasted over half an hour.
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