B’Haram eliminates ‘rebellious’ leader, others

Tamarauemi Ebimini

Members of the Boko Haram sect, popularly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, have eliminated one of its leaders, Abou Hassana, over alleged plot to form faction.

This was as the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Super Tucano fighter jets neutralised Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the Andakar/Musari/Klabariya axis of Marte Local Council, Borno State.

The Guardian gathered that Hassana was eliminated along with three of his accomplices in front of other fighters at the Mandara Mountain in Gwoza Local Council, which was once under the control of Boko Haram, after they slaughtered about 100 civilians in a day.

A counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in Lake Chad, Zagazola Makama, said Ali Ngulde, the second in command, ordered the execution of the ‘rebels’.

Hassana, according to sources, was trying to raise an independent faction within Boko Haram to spearhead his own terror campaigns in Koltafirgi village, also known as Gaizuwa in Sambisa.

Ari Fusam, an indigene of Bama, who was leading Boko Haram terrorists in Gaizuwa before they were dislodged by the Nigerian military, reportedly replaced Hassana.

Fusam and Ba’a Issah were promoted to the ranks of Amir Fiye, while Bakura Jega, a former Nakib, was promoted to Khaid.