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Several People Killed In ISWAP Raid In Northeastern Nigeria

Nigerian troops were reportedly mobilised to reinforce security after insurgents raided a community in Chibok on Tuesday evening.

Several people were killed when Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) raided a community in the Kautikari area of Chibok in Northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, May 3.   

The insurgents reportedly shot sporadically and set ablaze residential houses, after invading a village in Kautikari district about 17 km from the main town of Chibok in southern Borno. 

According to TheCable, the insurgents dislodged troops stationed at a military forward operation base in Kada, two kilometres away from Kautikari. 

The report added that troops from Chibok town were later dispatched for a counteroffensive.

Last month,  ISWAP targeted Yimirmugsa community a couple of kilometres south of the town of Kautikari and east of Pemi. Both towns were also targeted in ISWAP raids in Jan. 

These communities are located a few kilometres from the Sambisa forest general area, the former stronghold of Boko Haram that was captured by ISWAP, last year.

The incident occurred around the time a United Nations (UN) aircraft with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres departed Maiduguri, after meeting local officials and visiting a reintegration centre and camp for people displaced by the violence.  

Northeastern Nigeria is grappling with an insurgency that has killed thousands of people and displaced over two million people.

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Abdullahi Murtala is a researcher and reporter. His expertise is in conflict reporting, climate and environmental justice, and charting the security trends in Nigeria and the Lake Chad region. He founded the Goro Initiative and contributes to dialogues, publications and think-tanks that report on climate change and human security. He tweets via @murtalaibin

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