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BREAKING: Confusion as Boko Haram mistakenly kills commander, Okocha

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Terrorist snipers linked to the so-called Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), have reportedly mistakenly killed one of its own top Commander, Ba’ana Okocha.

Okocha had claimed responsibility for Coordinating the recent Jihadist attack on Nigerian Military formation in Marte Local Government Area in Northeastern Borno state, Nigeria.

Eon reports that Okocha, known to be an indigene of Gamboru, was shot and killed alongside four other jihadists at a fortified headquarters of ISWAP – a location given as “Arinna Sorro”. Okocha and his armed companions are said to have been wrongly identified by the ISWAP special treetop snipers as an approaching enemy from the Abubakar Shekau JAS faction.

Most JAS fighters were chased out of ISWAP strongholds. ISWAP created fortified camps where nobody was allowed to have without permission.