Zulum praises troops for killing top ISWAP chiefs
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has commended troops of the Civilian Joint Taskforce ( CJTF ), hunters and vigilantes for killing an Islamic State of West Africa Province ( ISWAP) commander, Abu Fatima and two others in the state.
Zulum made the commendation during his visit to some communities in the northern part of the state, especially Kukawa Local Government Area, over renewed insurgent attacks.
He said his visit to military formations in Baga, Kukawa and Cross Kauwa to see the troops was to motivate them.
The governor said, “ As part of my assessment tour to local government areas, I decided to move to some of the local government areas in the northern part of the State, especially Kukawa.
“I am here to see the troops of the armed forces, the CJTF, hunters and vigilantes to motivate them and see how we can solve their problems. Recently, troops have done very well. You can remember that one of the senior ISWAP members and his two fighters were killed.
‘’Although recently, we lost some of our men, the troops have done very well. We were there to commiserate with them and, most importantly, to strengthen their resilience. We have listened to them. I went to Kukawa, Baga and Cross Kauwa.”
The killed ISWAP commander, Fatima, was said to be in the Nigerian Army’s top wanted terrorists with a bounty of N100 million on his head.
