These are
definitely not the best of times for the Abu Shekau-led Islamic State's
province in West Africa (ISWAP) otherwise known as Boko Haram as their once highly
prized fortress in Sambisa is being destroyed inch by inch.
In the last
few days, Nigerian troops have stormed the vast forest in a daring assault
which has resulted in the rescue of a large number of women and minors, as well
as the death of numerous die-hard terrorists.
Camp after
Camp has been destroyed, while more and more equipment have either been
destroyed or captured as the terrorists continue to flee deeper into the
forest, retreating in disarray.
The crux of
this article however, is not the rescue of the poor kids or the deaths of these
cowards, but that the highly rugged, sophisticated, properly-drilled,
high-intensity fighting machine known as the Nigerian Army Rangers Unit are now
being given a starring role to storm the forest and hunt down the ringleaders,
most notably Isa Damsaka alias Abu Shekau Alias Imam Abubakar Shekau (whichever
you prefer!)
Shekau, who
mysteriously went silent after the enormously successful 6-week campaign of the
Nigerian Armed Forces, backed by the Multi-National coalition of neighboring
countries, has remained in hiding, refusing to release his characteristically
arrogant videos, or even issue a single threat.
The once
feared spokesman-cum-leader of the sect, has all of a sudden become a solemn
lamb, retreating behind the lines and barricading all known routes to his own
position with Land mines and die-hard foot-soldiers who man the numerous camps
that litter the length and breadth of Sambisa forest.
As it is, the
highly crack and well-trained mobile Company of Special Forces, having just
completed an intensive, all-action Counter-Terrorism training in Belarus and
other western countries, have returned to the country and are now poised to
unleash all of Hell's Fury on the hapless Damsaka who is more or less a man
living on borrowed time, as he has been unable to flee the North-Eastern Nigerian region, having fled from Dikwa to
Bama, Gwoza, Alagarno and finally into the strongholds of Sambisa where it is
only a matter of time before the deadly Special Forces visit him with a dose of
his own favorite medicine!
#VictoryNA
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