Military links failed ISWAP attack in Borno to foreign terrorist facilitators
The Nigerian military says a preliminary forensic analysis identified three foreign terrorist facilitators, including a Palestinian and a Moroccan, as key figures behind a failed attack by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters on troops in Borno State.
Mr Goni, a Nigerian Army captain, said the identification of the foreign terrorist facilitators followed an attempted infiltration of troops’ position at Cross Kauwa in Kukawa Local Government Area on Saturday night, which soldiers of the task force repelled after what he described as a fierce gun battle.
According to Mr Goni, the foreign operatives include a Palestinian identified as Abu Ishaq, who is believed to serve as ISWAP’s overall trainer, a Moroccan identified as Abu Thaiba, described as a medical doctor embedded within the terrorist network, and another Arab operative whose identity has yet to be established.
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