The leadership crisis within the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) is reportedly escalating, with intelligence indicating that four members of the group’s Shura Council have been executed. According to intelligence obtained by Zagazola Makama, posted on his X said the four senior members, who were reportedly arrested by ISWAP fighters last week, were allegedly executed by a senior commander identified as Ba Shuwa at the group’s Kwatan Dila enclave on Wednesday, August 6. The reported executions are believed to have intensified existing factional tensions and disagreements within the terrorist organisation operating across the Lake Chad region. The four Shura Council members were reportedly detained amid an ongoing leadership dispute within the group. The development could also create opportunities for security forces to encourage defections and surrenders while gathering intelligence on the group’s leadership, operations and support networks.