ISWAP Releases Photos Of Attack On Nigerian Army Base, Claims Many Soldiers Killed, 12 Armoured Tanks, Vehicles Destroyed
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 released photographs of their attack on a Nigerian Army base in Borno State.
It was reported how terrorists on Saturday invaded the military’s Forward Operating Base in the Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State.
Security sources had narrated how the terror group killed a yet-to-be confirmed number of soldiers, with many still missing.
“25 Taskforce Bde was attacked during the weekend with so many casualties, so far we have recovered over seven bodies,” a source said on Monday.
“The terror group invaded the camp FOB Sabon Gari around 4am on Saturday, using various weapons.”
ISWAP in a statement claimed responsibility for the attack.
Also attached to the statement are pictures of members shooting sporadically towards the military facility.
The group claimed many soldiers were killed while two armoured tanks and 10 armoured vehicles were burnt.
The action may be part of the sect’s efforts to counter statements by the Nigerian military that the Islamist insurgent fighters were on a steady retreat.
President Bola Tinubu had in October 2024 claimed his administration was winning the war on terror and banditry at an unprecedented rate.
Since the death of JAS leader, Abubakar Shekau, ISWAP has been consolidating its grip in locations around Lake Chad.
The sect’s membership has swollen with the defection of hundreds of Boko Haram fighters under Shekau.
The Nigerian Army has repeatedly claimed that insurgency had been largely defeated and frequently underplays any losses.
The terror group has caused over 100,000 deaths and displaced millions of people mainly in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states.
