Over 100 terrorists have reportedly been killed in a fierce battle between Boko Haram and ISWAP fighters.
Counter-insurgency expert and security analyst Zagazola Makama, in an exclusive report on Monday, said Boko Haram appears to be defeating ISWAP, overrunning several of their camps.
Makama however promised to provide updates on the development with videos and pictures.
He boasted that his new cameraman was doing a wonderful job.
Boko Haram and ISWAP were earlier locked in a fierce battle for control of strategic island settlements in Abadam and Kukawa Local Government Areas of Borno State.
According to Makama, the clashes occurred between November 5 and 8, 2025, across key islands identified as Sahel 1, Dogon Chuku, Mangari, and the riverine basins of Tumbun Gini, Tumbun Dalo, Tumbun Shanu, Mangari, and Dumba.
The report stated that Boko Haram fighters, led by commanders Hassan Buduma and Mohd Hassan, launched coordinated attacks on ISWAP positions using multiple motorised watercraft equipped with heavy weapons.
The group reportedly advanced from Tumbun Gini through the upper river basin, striking ISWAP bases in an early-morning assault described as “an amphibious attack in insurgent style.”
