The military appointed Major General Abdulsalam Abubakar as its 15th commander in the fight against Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality.../ISWAP insurgency in the northeast, Reuben Kovangiya, spokesperson for the operation, said in a statement.
Abubakar's previous roles include deputy commandant of the Nigerian Defence College and commander of a major security operation in north-central Nigeria.
Boko Haram and its splinter rival, the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
West Africa Province, have increased attacks in recent weeks in northeast Nigeria
... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border...
. These incidents have raised fears of a major comeback by the jihadists, whose tactics now include armed drones and bombs planted on major roads, security experts said.
On Tuesday, ISWAP grabbed credit for an attack on Borno state that killed at least 26 people, the group said in a statement on Telegram.
The hard boyz have been battling security forces for over 15 years in the northeast and often use improvised bombs to attack civilians and security forces.