INiger ehlaselwe yiJihadist ngesonto eledlule ibulale amalungu angu-30 eqembu iBoko Haram futhi yavalela abalandeli abangu-960, iningi labo okungabesifazane nezingane, ababebaleke ezweni elingumakhelwane iNigeria, kusho imithombo esemthethweni.
Isiteshi se-State TV i-Tele Sahel sithe ngoLwesibili ngoMashi 7 ukubhekwa kwezindiza kwabona “ukunyakaza okukhulu kwabantu” eduze nomfula iKamadougou Yoge, ophawula umngcele phakathi kwala mazwe womabili, abebheke e-Lke Chad.
Umbiko uthi bangamalungu eqembu lamaJihadist iBoko Haram, abebalekela indawo abacashe kuyo ehlathini laseSambisa enyakatho-mpumalanga yeNigeria ngemuva kokucindezelwa yizimbangi zabo, i-Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).
I-ISWAP yahlukana neBoko Haram ngo-2016 futhi yakhula yaba yiqembu elibusayo ezinxushunxushwini zamajihadist osekunesikhathi eside ziqhubeka kulesi sifunda.
Ibambe inqwaba yezindawo ezingaphansi kweBoko Haram ngemuva kokubulawa komholi u-Abubakar Shekau ezingxabanweni ne-ISWAP ngoMeyi 2021.
Ifuna ukuvimba leli qembu ukuthi lifinyelele eLake Chad futhi lisebenzise amaxhaphozi alo njengendawo yokuphephela, amasosha azamile ukuxoxisana ngokuthi azinikele, esebenzisa izithunywa kanye nokulahla amapheshana, kodwa agcina eqale ukuhlasela ekuseni ngoMashi 11, kusho iTele Sahel.
“Cishe amaphekula angama-30 aqedwa amandla” kwathi abanye abantu abangu-960, iningi labo okungabesifazane nezingane, baboshwa, bayiswa edolobheni lase-Diffa banikezwa iziphathimandla zamasosha aseNigeria, kusho isitatimende.
Isikhulu esikhethiwe eToumour, idolobhana eliseduze nedolobha laseBosso elisemngceleni weLake Chad, ukuqinisekisile ngoLwesithathu ukuthi “inqwaba yeBoko Haram” ebalekela iSambisa ibanjwe emngceleni waseNiger “yanikelwa ezandleni zeziphathimandla zaseNigeria.”
Esinye isikhulu sathi ezinye eziningi, nokho, “zilibangise (eziqhingini) echibini, ikakhulukazi abesifazane nezingane, ezimweni ezimbi kakhulu.”
Elinye lamazwe ampofu kakhulu emhlabeni, iNiger ihlaselwa yizihlubuki ezimbili zamaJihadist.
Eyodwa, eningizimu-ntshonalanga, yavela ezweni elingumakhelwane iMali ngo-2015, kanti enye, eningizimu-mpumalanga, iphuma emkhankasweni weBoko Haram eNigeria.
Udlame lwaleli qembu selubulale abantu abangaphezu kuka-40,000 kwathi ababalelwa ezigidini ezimbili bashiya amakhaya abo kusukela ngo-2009, ngokusho kweNhlangano Yezizwe.
Isifunda esikhulu seLake Chad, esabelwe iNigeria, Niger, Cameroon kanye neChad, sidume kabi kubo bobabili iBoko Haram kanye ne-ISWAP, abakhe amakamu eziqhingini ezisemaxhaphozini ayo.
La mazwe amane asungule i-Multinational Joint Task Force ngo-2015, ehlanganisa i-8,500, ngenhloso yokunqoba amaqembu ahlomile.