ISWAP now present in Sokoto, expanding beyond North-East, study reveals
A new terrorism study confirms ISWAP’s presence in Sokoto State, extending its operations beyond Nigeria’s North-East and Lake Chad Basin. The study by James Barnett and Umar Musa, published by the Combating Terrorism Centre, found that Lakurawa militants in Sokoto are linked to the Islamic State’s Sahel Province, which has operational ties to ISWAP. The…