Nigeria: Confusion inside Boko Haram as Shekau and Barnawi factions engage in gun battle
There seem to be confusion in the camps of Boko Haram as two factions of the sect reportedly engaged in a gun battle.
According to a report by AFP, members belonging to the Shekau faction had engaged Islamic State backed Abu Musab al-Barnawi in Monguno area of Borno State.
The report further revealed that the bloody fight between the two factions of the insurgents was over leadership tussle.
Several fighters from Shekau’s camp were said to have been killed in two separate gun battles with Barnawi gunmen in the Monguno area of Borno State near Lake Chad last Thursday, September 1, 2016.