The Nigerian troops have wasted Ba’a Shuwa, leader of the Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, and scores of his terrorists in the North East of Borno during a major offensive.
Shuwa led the Nigerian Wylayat, Lake Chad, Kwalfarji, Timbuktu Farouq and Sambisa Mantika of the ISIS, an affiliate of (ISWAP).
It was gathered from credible sources, including Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region, that the airstrikes carried out on January 2, 2023 at Kwatan Dilla, in Abadam LGA of Borno State led to killing of Ba’a Shuwa and several of his fighters.
Some of his top Commanding Officers included; Khaid Hanzala, Ba’a Idirisa, Rawana, Abou Ibrahim, Mallam Abubakar, Abou Aisha and Abou Khalid who was responsible for the recent attack on the electricity towers on Maiduguri-Damaturu highway.
Shuwa and his groups were said to be responsible for heinous attacks on Damboa roads, Damaturu-Maiduguri, Askira, Buratai, Buni Yadi, Buni Gari, Gaidam and other parts of Borno and Yobe States.