Scores of terrorists have reportedly been k!lled as Boko Haram fighters engaged in a fierce battle with Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).
According to a report by counter-insurgency expert and security analyst Zagazola Makama on Monday, Nov. 10, Boko Haram appears to be defeating ISWAP, overrunning several of their camps.
The existing rivalry between the Jihadist duo led to a full-scale territorial warfare along riverine settlement routes in Abadam and Kukawa Local Government Areas of Borno State.
Zagazola Makama revealed that the fight took a new turn for the worse when Boko Haram launched a fierce coordinated assault on its rival faction, ISWAP.
ISWAP fighters were forced to abandon their river camps, scrambling for their lives.
A source confirmed that JAS deployed several motorised watercraft in a multi-axis assault, overrunning ISWAP clusters and pushing surviving fighters off the island perimeter into mainland hideouts around Ali Jillimari, Metele, Kangarwa, and Gudumbali in northern Borno.
A video shared online shows the terrorists screaming Allahu Akbar as they fired shots from different boats while speeding along the water way.
Many terrorists k!lled as Boko Haram and ISWAP fight (video)
Recall ISWAP had dominated these islands since 2021, after the de@th of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau. But water levels have receded this season, opening new land routes and exposing old fishing settlements.
Makama disclosed that the recent clashes occurred between November 5 and 8, 2025, across key islands identified as Sahel 1, Dogon Chuku, Mangari, and the riverine basins of Tumbun Gini, Tumbun Dalo, Tumbun Shanu, Mangari, and Dumba.
The report stated that Boko Haram fighters, led by commanders Hassan Buduma and Mohd Hassan, launched coordinated attacks on ISWAP positions using multiple motorized watercraft equipped with heavy weapons.
The group reportedly advanced from Tumbun Gini through the upper river basin, striking ISWAP bases in an early-morning assault described as “an amphibious attack in insurgent style.”
See video below.
EXCLUSIVE: Live battle between Boko Haram and ISWAP. So far casualties is more than 100 now. So far Boko Haram is defeating ISWAP and sweeping all their camps.
Zagazola will give you up to date report with video and pictures. The new camera man is doing a wonderful job pic.twitter.com/q1mugiJx6j
— Zagazola (@ZagazOlaMakama) November 10, 2025