The self-styled leader of the ‘unrepentant’ Boko Haram faction of Abubakar Shekau, Bakoura Buduma, has appointed a deputy for himself.
PRNigeria gathered that terrorist leader appointed Tahiru Damboa as the second in command.
This is just as the leadership of the Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, has appointed Huozaifah Ibn Sadiq as Ameerul Fiya at Timbuktu Faruuq triangle to replace one Abba Yusuf alias Abuo Zarah.
Houzaifah was formally Fitya (Commander) controlling Marte Kirenoa axis in the North East.
It was gathered that the group also appointed Abou Aseyia as Ameerul Fiya in charge of Sambisa forest following the killing of Abou Abdulrahman who was transferred from Timbuktu Faruuq triangle.
Abou Aseyia is one of the oldest Commanders of ISWAP.
While Boko Haram’s Amir Buduma, who is a Chadian, will operate Lelewa, a border area between Nigeria and the Niger Republic, some fighters of the terrorist group have since moved to a forest near Rigachikun in Kaduna State
Meanwhile, some of the Boko Haram insurgents have joined various bandit groups in North-West and North-Central in their criminal activities, after being dislodged from the North-East and Lake Chad axis.
A source told PRNigeria that some of the Boko Haram members now rustle cattle and kidnap people to their den at a forest close to Rigachikun in Kaduna State.