Chuks Oyema-Aziken
Under pressure by troops of the Nigeria military, some Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) fighters have drowned in a deep river located within the Marte axis of the Lake Chad axis in the North East.
PRNigeria reports said no fewer than 25 of them fleeing airstrikes of the Nigerian military were involved.
ISWAP camps the report said came under the attack of military fighter jets, including Super Tucano belonging to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Wednesday and Thursday in weeklong sustained aerial attacks.
It was learnt that camps and warehouses serving as ISWAP insurgents’ ammunition and firearms were bombed by the aircraft.
“The military jets’ bombardments were simultaneously carried out at Bukar Mairam and Jubularam,
Abbaganaram and Chikul gudu which resulted in the explosion of the warehouses, killing several terrorists.
“However, those who survived the blast at Bukar Mairam and Jubulram, fled and attempted to cross a river within the Lake Chad axis. It was in the process that about 25 of them got drowned ” he added.
