The Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin’ (JNIM) terrorists group, an Al Qaeda-affiliated Jihadist group in Northern and Western Africa, infiltrated and attacked the Nadiagou community near the Togo and Benin Republic border, setting Police and Custom stations ablaze.
Sources confirmed that the Jihadists, who were dressed in Police and Customs uniform, roamed freely in the community with heavy ammunition.
The JNIM was formed in 2017, have been involved terrorists attacks.
Last week, they set Police and Customs stations ablaze, prompting security agents in the area to withdraw from their duty posts.
And in some areas such as Central Mali, they have demanded that civilians accept Jihadist Governance or face violence.
The Jihadists are notorious for perpetrating their nefarious operations across West African countries like Benin Republic, Togo, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte D’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau while unleashing mayhem against civilians, local security forces, International Militaries, and UN peacekeepers.
In 2018, a year after they emerged, the terrorists planted an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on a Military Base in Sévaré, Mali.
In September 2019, they orchestrated twin explosions in Military camps in Nassoumbou and Baraboulé, Burkina Faso.
This was after they had masterminded 32 violent attacks in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger republic, and Togo, in the first four months of 2019.
In 2021, the Jihadists have launched 59 different offensive onslaughts on civilians and security forces in Togo, Mali, and Burkina Faso.
First published in Eons Intelligence