B/Haram leadership in disarray – Multinational task force

The Headquarters of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has said the leadership of Boko Haram is in disarray after a sustained air and land operation, tagged Operation Yancin Tafki.

A statement yesterday from the spokesperson of the MNJTF, Colonel Timothy Antigha in N’Djamena, Chad said, “information from captured and defected Boko Haram fighters indicates that the leadership of Boko Haram terrorist network has been overwhelmed and are currently in disarray.”

He said, “The former fighters who are receiving humane attention further divulged that morale and fighting spirit of Boko Haram fighters is very low as a result of growing insecurity and the inability to replenish stranded fighters in the islands with food, medicine, and ammunition.”

He recalled that an integral part of Operation Yancin Tafki has been a series of well-coordinated day and night Human Intelligence as well as Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions.

He said these are conducted by the Air Forces of the Lake Chad Basin countries; Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria, leading to successful and devastating air interdictions.

He said the morale of the terror fighters is at its lowest, while desperation has also set in, leading to intrigues and in-fighting.

Atigha said, “reliable sources say internal crisis led to change of Boko Haram leadership on 3 March 2019, it could be recalled that the Islamic State West Africa Province announced the sack of the former Boko Haram Chief, Abu Mus’ab AL Barnawi and the appointment of Abu Abdullahi Ibn Umar AL Barnawi.”