Study confirms ISWAP logistics hub in Sokoto as questions trail focus of US air strikes
By Trek Africa Newspaper
A recent study has confirmed the presence of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), the ISIS affiliate in Nigeria, in Sokoto, amid questions over the scope and geographic focus of US air strikes targeting the group early Friday.
ISWAP primarily operates in the north-east and Lake Chad Basin. But Sokoto, where the US launched a fusillade of air strikes on ISIS terrorists, is located in the north-west.
The study said Lakurawa, a local Hausa term for militants from neighbouring Sahel states, had been making incursions into communities in Sokoto state near the Nigerien border since late 2017.
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