Troops foil attacks on military bases, recover terrorists’ bodies, weapons in Borno

Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), person foiled violent attacks connected Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) astatine Gajiram successful Nganzai Local Government Area and Mairari successful Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno State.

Captain Mohammed Goni, acting Military Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI, Maiduguri, said successful a connection on Friday that, pursuing aggravated occurrence from the troops, 2 Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) terrorists, including a Qaid (commander), had surrendered with their weapons.

According to the statement, “On September 17, 2026, terrorists advancing towards FOB Gajiram were detected aboriginal by alert troops, supported by Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) assets. Troops instantly adopted due antiaircraft measures, portion the Air Component OPHK provided adjacent aerial support.”

In a related onslaught connected FOB Mairari aboriginal that night, respective ISWAP terrorists attacked the determination but were met with stiff absorption from troops, with robust adjacent aerial enactment from the Air Component.

It said further exploitation led to the betterment of 4 terrorists’ corpses, immoderate AK-47 rifles, magazines, quantities of ammunition, RPG bombs and a camcorder, among different items.

The Theatre Commander, Joint Task Force (North Ea...