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Africa Subsaharan
Top Boko Haram Commander, Lieutenant Surrender To Nigerian Military
2023-07-10
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

A top commander of the Jamā'at Ahlis-Sunnah lid-Da'wahti wa'l-Jihād also known as Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
, Khaid Malam Ali and his lieutenant, Bunu Umar have surrendered to the troops of Operation Hadin Kai in Borno State, Northeast, Nigeria.

SaharaReporters learnt that Ali and his fighters were dislodged by a rival Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 of West Africa Province (ISWAP) Lions of Islam group after a coordinated raid on the hideouts of Boko Haram in Bula Alhaji Garwaye at the edge of Sambisa forest, near Bama Local Government Area of the state on July 5, 2023.

SaharaReporters on July 6, 2023, reported that ISWAP Lions of Islam killed many Boko Haram fighters, including their women and kiddies during a fresh clash in Sambisa Forest in Borno State, northeast Nigeria
... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border...
This was disclosed by a popular counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in Lake Chad, Zagazola Makama in a Twitter post said the two terrorist groups clashed against each other on Wednesday, July 5, 2023.

Following the onslaught, Ali and his lieutenant submitted to the troops of Nigeria’s armed forces.

Ali was a commander of the Lions of Islam in Sabil Huda and Njumia. He laid down his arms following the fierce battle waged by the rival group, ISWAP.
Related:
Operation Hadin Kai: 2023-04-25 ISWAP Terrorists Attack Nigerian Military Base In Borno State, Kill Soldier
Operation Hadin Kai: 2023-03-28 ISWAP Commander, Abu Muhammed, Allegedly Executes Deputy Over Military Attack On Hideout
Operation Hadin Kai: 2023-03-22 Nigerian Army Arrests ‘Repentant’ Boko Haram Fighter For Involving In Fatal Bomb Attacks On Troops
Related:
Borno State: 2023-07-02 Boko Haram Kills Six Persons, Injures Others After Shooting Mortar Bomb Into Borno Community
Borno State: 2023-06-24 Nigeria: displaced person camps under pressure
Borno State: 2023-04-26 Two Abducted Schoolgirls Escape From Sambisa Forest In Borno State
Related:
Sambisa forest: 2022-12-10 33 ISIS wives are SLAUGHTERED by terror group rivals Boko Haram to 'avenge' a commander killed in Islamic State attack
Sambisa forest: 2022-09-07 Scores of Nigeria Jihadists Drown Fleeing Air Strikes: Sources
Sambisa forest: 2022-07-10 ISWAP Terrorists Hijack UN Food Trucks Meant for Internally Displaced Persons In Borno
Related:
Bama Local Government Area: 2023-04-25 ISWAP Terrorists Attack Nigerian Military Base In Borno State, Kill Soldier
Bama Local Government Area: 2023-03-11 Nigerian Troops Arrest Boko Haram Commander, Wife, Four Children; Nab 35 Terrorists’ Suppliers
Bama Local Government Area: 2022-09-17 Eight Terrorists Killed As Rival Boko Haram, ISWAP Fighters Clash Again In Borno
Posted by:Fred

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