English: Bidding their time until they had adequate ammunition with additional army of motivated fighters to unleash new wave of violence the group was willing to stay under the radar for a few years before drawing the line on the sand. Their long wait paid off in 2018. They have been on the offensive all of 2018. The ISWAP’s strategy is to put everything available to ensure that military presence in those territories they consider part of their caliphate is made ever untenable. ISWAP considers all parts of north and central Borno as its caliphate and territory and therefore obligated by doctrines and commandment to repel every external aggression within the territory.
Igbo: Idote oge ha rue na ha enweta ngwaọgụ tinyere ndị agha ebulili mmụọ ha iji kpochapụ ọgbaaghara, ndị otu ahụ dị njikere ịnọ na nnyocha ọtụtụ afọ tutu ha zọpụ ije. Nchekwube ha bịara na mmezu n'afọ 2018. Ha anọrọla n'inye nsogbu n'afọ 2018 niile. Atụmatụ ndị ISWAP bụ ime ka ihe niile dị ka npụta ndị agha na mpaghara ndị ahụ ha werela dịka nke ndị agha agaghị ewereli. ISWAP ewerela mpaghara Ugwu na Etiti Borno dịka nke aka ha na mpaghara ha na mezie dịka iwu ịchụ iwe niile dị n'obodo.