Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency expert and security analyst in the Lake Chad region disclosed this in a post on his X handle on Thursday.
Scores of Boko Haram fighters have reportedly been killed by Chadian troops during a fresh clash somewhere between Marte and Lokobadu area in Chad.
Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency expert and security analyst in the Lake Chad region disclosed this in a post on his X handle on Thursday.
In his post, Zagazola said that the terrorists earlier attacked some local fishermen and seized their boats in the axis of Marte and this was what led to the gun battle between them and the Chadian security forces.
He wrote, “The Chadian troops have reportedly clashed with the Boko Haram Buduma terrorists loyal to Abu Ali, during a fighting patrol with several terrorists killed.
“The terrorists had earlier seized boats from fishermen in the axis of Marte and headed toward Lokobadu, but the Chadian troops intercepted them and neutralised several of them, seized logistics, weapons and bombs.
“Those who escaped the onslaught were trailed and neutralised along the southern rim of Lake Chad, near the Chad-Cameroon-Nigeria border by the Chadian Airforce.”
The Boko Haram fighters, backed by the deadlier Islamic State West Africa terrorists, appear to be gaining more strongholds from across the Lake Chad region into Nigeria, especially after the death of Chad President Idriss Deby.
In a similar incident, SaharaReporters reported how the Chadian troops killed over 22 Boko Haram fighters who crossed from Nigeria into Chad in May 2021.
A source in the Nigerian Army explained that the terrorists had crossed via Borno into Chad to attack but were repelled by the Chadian troops.
He told SaharaReporters that scores of the terrorists were killed, but only about 22 of them were captured.
“Boko Haram terrorists crossed from Nigeria border into Chad yesterday evening for an attack, but the Chadian troops killed scores of them. The visible bodies are 22, but tens of bodies were laid on the outskirts of the village," the source had said