The Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
-backed faction of Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād has grabbed credit for an attack on a police checkpoint in Edo State.
According to ISWAP in a post, seen by SaharaReporters, the attack occurred in the state on Thursday, September 22, 2022.
It added that a policeman was killed during the attack.
Edo is in the South-South region of Nigeria.
The latest claim by ISWAP comes a few hours after it said its men attacked a police vehicle in Ondo State.
The attack was carried out by "soldiers of the caliphate" occurred in Ipele, Owo Local Government Area of the state, the terror group said.
The attacks on the police checkpoints in Edo and Ondo States by ISWAP could be a hint that the group is moving towards the Southern part of Nigeria.
ISWAP had claimed expansion into Abuja, Kogi, and Taraba in the last six months.
In May 2022, the group said it was behind a kaboom that rocked the ancient town, Kabba in the Kogi West Senatorial District.
Kabba is the headquarters of the Kabba/Bunnu LGA and the people speak a dialect of Yoruba called Owe.
The town is less than 10 minutes from Akunnu-Akoko and Ajowa-Akoko in Ondo State and less than 20 minutes from Omuo in Ekiti State
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Ondo State: 2022-06-13 Over 50 worshippers killed as bandits attack Catholic church during mass in Ondo
Ondo State: 2022-07-10 Be Armed; Shoot Back If Terrorists Shoot At You, Then There Will Peace–Cleric Tells Nigerians
Ondo State: 2022-07-10 Terrorists Moving To Southern Nigeria To Take Refuge In Ondo Forests
Ondo State: 2022-06-13 Over 50 worshippers killed as bandits attack Catholic church during mass in Ondo