Significance ISWAP activity has spiked lately following over a year of pressure from security forces and rival jihadist faction, Jama’at Ahl al Sunna Lid’Dawati wal Jihad (JAS), the rump core of the weakened Boko Haram group. Impacts Sahel-based jihadists may seek to make connections with the partially moribund al-Qaida-affiliated Ansaru group in north-western Nigeria. ISWAP may seek to build an operational presence in central Nigeria. The Nigerian government is unlikely to develop a comprehensive security strategy.
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