A violent clash between Boko Haram's Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunna lid-Da‘wa wa’l-Jihād (JAS) faction and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has left over 50 fighters dead in Toumbun Gini, an island community in Abadam Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. The confrontation occurred on November 9, 2025, when ISWAP fighters launched an attack on JAS-controlled territory, but were met with a counter-ambush ¹ ² ³.

According to security sources, ISWAP mobilized 10 high-powered watercraft and launched the assault, but JAS fighters overpowered them, killing over 50 ISWAP fighters and seizing seven boats. The remaining vessels escaped with casualties. The clash is part of an ongoing rivalry between the two factions over territorial control and resources in the Lake Chad islands ² ⁴ ⁵.

The infighting has weakened both groups, reducing their capacity for large-scale attacks, but creating smaller, unpredictable cells that pose security challenges to surrounding communities. Experts urge the Nigerian military to capitalize on the situation, tightening the corridor and denying both factions space to regroup ² ⁶ ⁴.

*Topics:* Boko Haram, ISWAP, Borno State, Lake Chad Basin, Insurgency News, Terrorism in Nigeria