English: Nigerian troops apparently would rather confiscate a trader’s wares, forcibly take their livestock for their feeding than device any system of commercial comfort that would help them grow their business. It therefore seems not far-fetched that several local communities appear to cooperate better with ISWAP than with the Nigerian troops. ISWAP want to primarily make it unattractive and too expensive in terms of body count and loss of hardware for the military to maintain a base in any of these territories. They calculate that as long as they continually target and attack military formations, forcing them to beat a retreat so long would it be easier for local communities to accept that they are more secure in the territories under them than under the cover of Nigerian troops.
Igbo: Ndị agha pụrụ ịnara ndị ahịa ngwaahịa ha, nara ha anụ ọzụzụ ha ma nyejue onwe ha afọ karịa iwepụta ụzọ ha ga-esi guzogide azụmaahịa nke ha. Ọ dịzi ka eziokwu ka ọtụtụ obodo esonyeere ISWAP karịa ndị agha.ISWAP chọrọ ime ka ọ hapụ ịdị mma n'anya ma dịkwa oke ọnụ site n'ọnụọgụgụ nke mmadụ na ofufu nke ngwaọgụ nke ndị agha ga-eji chekwa obodo ndị ahụ. Ha agbakọọla ma kwubie na dịka ha gana awakpo ndị agha nke ga-eme ka ha na ala azụ nkwado, nke ga-eme ka ndị obodo kwenye na ha ga-enwe nchekwa n'okpuru ha karịa n'okpuru ndị agha Naịjirịa.