Militants from the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād have attacked a Civilian Joint Task Force base at Mainok, Borno State, killing two officers.
Mainok is about 60 kilometres west of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
Sources told SaharaReporters that the terrorists who disguised themselves as military men and came in what looked like a military convoy, went straight to the base and attacked the personnel.
They said many other vigilantes fled into the bush during the attack.
Since the death of JAS leader, Abubakar Shekau, ISWAP has been consolidating its grip on locations around Lake Chad.
Just recently, it appointed Wali Sani Shuwaram, a 45-year-old as the new leader (Wali) of ISWAP in Lake Chad.
The sect’s membership has swollen with the defection of hundreds of Boko Haram fighters previously under Shekau.
The terror group has caused over 50,000 deaths and displaced millions of Nigerians mainly in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states.
