Military Precision Air Strike Eliminates Over 40 ISWAP Fighters, Destroys Vehicles in Borno
A military air strike on an Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) position in Badu village, south of Gudumbali in Borno State, reportedly killed more than 40 fighters and destroyed two vehicles and about 20 motorcycles, according to a preliminary intelligence assessment.
Security sources disclosed that the air operation, conducted on October 10, targeted a concentration of ISWAP’s elite Murabitun fighters reportedly deployed to the area for mobile patrols and surveillance.
The preliminary assessment indicated that a prominent Qaid, or commander, was among those killed, with most of the reported casualties occurring inside and around a building hit during the strike.
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The Murabitun are described as an elite mobile patrol unit within ISWAP, typically deployed for periods of two to four weeks to conduct opportunistic attacks and provide early warning along the Gudumbali–Kukawa–Gajiram corridor.
Their reported mission in the area was to impede the advance of Nigerian troops towards the Lake Chad region.
Sources further disclosed that ISWAP fighters arriving from the Lake Chad area visited Badu at first light on October 11 to evacuate surviving casualties and recover the bodies of those killed in the air strike.
The arriving fighters were also alleged to have engaged Fulani herders around the abandoned village, although the circumstances surrounding the reported encounter remained unclear.
Further details, including independent confirmation of the reported casualties and the alleged engagement with the herders, were still being awaited as of the latest intelligence update.
By PRNigeria
