The event which occured in Madagali, Adamawa State during a leadership tussle over who should succeed Abubakar Shekau, who was shot dead by the Nigerian military last week.
Madagali is one of local government areas of Adamawa State known to be dominated by the insurgents. Not less than 21 people were killed by terrorists in an attack on two Borno communities on Wednesday.
In the Madagali incident, trapped residents said a fight occurred over the disagreement on whether to pick a new leader or surrender to the military which killed their Amir (leader) in Bazza.
"From what the information gathered, 30 Boko Haram fighters have been killed in Madagali town after a fight ensued between them over whether to surrender their weapons. They just kept shooting themselves freely," an eyewitness told reporters. According to him, there had been disquiet in Boko Haram camp with some calling and agitating for a ceasefire.
For almost three weeks now, Madagali, Gulak, Shuwa and Michika towns have been under the control of Boko Haram."
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