A cleric working with the ISWAP terrorists has issued threats of a possible attack on Malam Fatori following the recent neutralization of 75 terrorists in a failed attack on March 18 2026.Watch Full Video Here
Security expert, Zagazola Makama disclosed this in a report he posted on X, citing military sources.
He said the cleric, who reportedly led this year’s Eid Fitr prayers in a location near Sabon Tumbu, warned during his sermon that the group would soon retaliate against Nigerian troops for operations carried out in Malam Fatori.
The source, according to Makama, said the cleric specifically threatened that the town could be “reduced to ashes” in a reprisal attack, stressing that such statements by insurgents should not be dismissed as mere rhetoric.
Malam Fatori has for long been described as a town with long-standing stronghold of military resistance against terrorist elements.
The town has, over the years, witnessed decisive military victories against ISWAP fighters, nicknamed the “Grave Yard of ISWAP” and earned a reputation as a difficult terrain for insurgents to operate.
The troops of the Armed Forces, supported by other security agencies, remain on high alert and have continued to fortify defensive positions in anticipation of any attempted incursion.