 The successor group has been labeled as the "Turaifie group" after its purported leader, Abu Turaifie.Abu Turaifie is the alias of Esmail Sheikh Abdulmalik, the leader of Jamaatul Muhaajireen Wal Ansar, a faction which split from the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.In May 2018, the Philippine military alleged that Owayda Benito Mahorombsar ( Abu Dar) was now the leader of the group.