Northern senators demand troop surge in Sambisa corridor,  mourn Adamawa killings

The Northern Senators Forum, NSF, has condemned the coordinated insurgent attacks connected communities and subject outposts successful Hong and Gombi Local Government Areas of Adamawa State.

The attacks occurred betwixt the nighttime of September 30 and October 1, 2026, connected the eve of Nigeria’s 66th Independence anniversary.

In a connection connected Sunday, the NSF Chairman, Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar’Adua, said the Forum received the quality with heavy daze and profound sorrow.

On behalf of senators from Northern Nigeria, helium condoled with families who mislaid loved ones, including 3 soldiers of the 232 Battalion successful Garaha-Mojili, a wood defender and guiltless civilians.

He besides condoled with the authorities and radical of Adamawa State, peculiarly the affected communities of Garaha, Dabna, Bangna, Mubang, Zah, Bitirhuya, Kwapre, Mayo Ladde, Gaya-Dlang, Garkida, Boima and Guyaku.

The Forum lamented the killings, abductions of women and children, burning of places of worship, demolition of spot and displacement of hundreds of families forced to fly their ancestral homes.

Yar’Adua said the attacks targeted the 226 Battalion successful Garkida and 232 Battalion successful Garaha, describing them arsenic an battle connected Adamawa, the North and Nigeria arsenic a whole.

“The Northern Senators Forum stands successful soli...