Suspected ISWAP gunboat operator surrenders, quarantined, treated 

A suspected combatant of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) trained arsenic a gunboat relation has surrendered to troops of the Nigerian Army successful Damasak, Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno State.

The improvement was contained successful a station shared connected X connected Thursday by information expert Zagazola Makama.

According to the post, the fishy surrendered to troops of the 5 Brigade astatine astir 9:00 a.m. connected Wednesday.

Preliminary findings showed that the combatant escaped from an ISWAP campy successful Barra Village, located successful the Lake Chad portion adjacent Dogon Chukwu. The campy was said to beryllium nether the power of a violent commandant identified arsenic Abu Ubeida.

“During an archetypal debriefing, the surrendered insurgent reportedly told troops that helium had been trained to run gunboats and besides handled a Dushka dense instrumentality weapon during violent operations astir the Lake Chad area,” Makama wrote.

He said helium decided to fly the campy due to the fact that of sustained subject aerial strikes connected violent hideouts, which helium claimed had disrupted the group’s activities and made it progressively hard for members to survive.