The military are currently engaging insurgents of the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Auno village of Borno State, north-east Nigeria.
POLITICS NIGERIA learnt that the terrorists invaded Auno, but Nigerian security forces are repelling their attack.
Northern Nigeria region continues to face multiple challenges posed by insurgents.
ISWAP, a splinter of Boko Haram, is growing in power and influence. From its territorial base on the banks and islands of Lake Chad, this jihadist group is waging a guerrilla war across north-eastern Nigeria and elsewhere on the lake’s periphery. By filling gaps in governance and service delivery, it has cultivated a level of support among local civilians that Boko Haram never enjoyed and has turned neglected communities in the area and islands in Lake Chad into a source of economic support.
Efforts by this reporter to get comments on the Auno attack from Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, the Director Army Public Relations, was unsuccessful.
