Boko Haram Raided ISWAP Position Near Lake Chad in 2026
Boko Haram militants have raided an ISWAP position near Lake Chad, storming it by boat.
The footage was released by Boko Haram on October 17th.
ISWAP fighters reportedly fled the scene to limit their casualties.
The attack comes amid the longstanding rivalry between the two factions, which split in 2016. Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, accused ISWAP of being “Murji’ah,” a derogatory term used by extremists to accuse rivals of being too lenient in declaring other Muslims unbelievers (takfīr).
The same term is used in the original post accompanying the footage to refer to ISWAP, with Boko Haram militants claiming they had stormed “inside their own backyard.”
