ISWAP MOST SENIOR LEADERS KILLED BY THEIR OWN MEN

Idris al-Barnawi, Abu Maryam and Abu Zainab have reportedly been killed by their own men. These three were the most senior leaders of the Islamic state west Africa Province(ISWAP) .

An analyst studying the extremist Audu Bulama Bukarti said They were killed for "going soft".  

Bukarti said;

The new regulation required fighters to stop pursuing soldiers that run away during attacks and stop killing captured soldiers. 

“The commanders felt the rules were too soft and accused the trio of compromising. This led to their summary and execution,” Bukarti, who has incurred the wrath of Shekau a couple of times. 

The news of the execution of the ISWAP leaders came the same day residents of Borno State embarked on a day of fasting and prayer after Governor Babagana Zulum called for inter-faith spiritual intervention for peace to return to the troubled state.

“Before these recent incidents, many communities also came under varying degrees of murderous attacks in the north, south and central parts of Borno State,” Zulum said while announcing the fast.

“I know we have ceaselessly sought divine intervention in our individual and group prayer sessions,” he added.

This is the first time the state would embark on officially-sanctioned spiritual exercise since the beginning of the Boko Haram crisis about a decade ago.