Ali Gaga was shot and killed on Thursday by other commanders in the IS-affiliated faction of Boko Haram after they uncovered his plan to surrender to Nigerian troops fighting the jihadist group in the Lake Chad region. Last week an ISWAP high profile commander called Abu-Nura was killed in one of the aerial strikes on SabonTumbu village, the second source said. Abu-Nura was in charge of Jibillaram-Dabar Masara axis in the Lake Chad region, the source said. According to the source, a new commander in the name of Abu-Imrana has been appointed as a replacement. More than 27,000 people are thought to have been killed in the nine-year Boko Haram insurgency that has triggered a humanitarian crisis and left 1.8 million people still without homes.

Source: The Guardian September 30, 2018 18:22 UTC