By Babagana Bukar Wakil
 
Maiduguri, Nigeria( April 27)--The Nigerian military has pushed back attacks by Islamic State West Africa (ISWAP) and Boko Haram terrorists targeting Wulgo and Gwoza in Borno State, Northeastern Nigeria.

ISWAP broke away from Abubakar Shekau led Boko Haram in 2016.

Local sources told Newmen  that Nigerian troops were engaged in fierce clashes with ISWAP in Wulgo town in Ngala Local Government Area located in the central part of Borno State. The town is adjacent to the border with Cameroon.

Similarly, troops in the garrison town of Gwoza in southern Borno have beaten back an incursion by Boko Haram insurgents.

Between 2014 and  2015, Gwoza town served as the headquarters of Boko Haram, but the military re-took Gwoza town in March 2015, enabling displaced locals to gradually return.

According to Doctors without borders, Gwoza is home to 60,000 people, many of whom were displaced from their homes by the conflict.

More than 37,000 people have been killed, and millions have been displaced by the Boko Haram conflict, according to the Council on Foreign Relations’ security tracker