Troops foil ISWAP, Boko Haram attack in North East

The Nigerian Army said troops of Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI, OPHK, nether Operation Desert Sanity and Operation Siege, person thwarted attempted onslaught by suspected ISWAP/Boko Haram terrorists connected soldiers successful the Kirawa axis of Sector 1 OPHK country of work successful the aboriginal hours of 22 May 2026.

A connection signed by Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, Media Information Officer

Headquarters Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI, said a fig of suspected terrorists attempted to infiltrate positions held by troops of 153 Task Force Battalion and associated forces on the Nigeria–Cameroon borderline axis.

“The onslaught was swiftly detected and met with overwhelming firepower from alert troops and CJTF, who held their crushed and contained the assault,” the connection said.

It said the terrorists were forced to abort their ngo and retreat successful disorder towards the Cameroon axis, sustaining dense casualties during the engagement.

According to the statement, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets, alongside platforms of Air Component  of OPHK and spouse forces, provided coordinated enactment passim the operation.

Following the encounter, troops confirmed the neutralisation of 12 terrorists, portion respective others were observed retreating with gunshot wounds, arsenic indicated by humor trails on their withdr...