In a series of coordinated strikes across Borno, Zamfara, and Kogi states, military forces have rescued 11 kidnapped victims, dismantled several illicit networks, and taken 21 suspects into custody. The joint sweep, executed under Operation HADIN KAI, Operation Fansan Yamma, and Operation MESA, targeted active terrorist cells, their local informants, and crucial supply chains between July 21 and 22.
In Borno State, troops operating under HADIN KAI intercepted three suspected ISWAP logistics suppliers near the New Abbaram Resettlement Village in Bama Local Government Area. The suspects were caught attempting to sneak essential supplies—including groundnut oil, kola nuts, salt, and food flavorings—into insurgent camps.
During the same period, two teenage girls who had managed to escape from a terrorist hideout in the Mandara Mountains safely surrendered to soldiers stationed at Gwoza. Military engineers also neutralized a major threat along the Dambua-Bulabulin-Kumala axis by locating and safely detonating two buried improvised explosive devices aimed at commuters and patrols. A separate booby-trap device discovered along the Cross Kauwa-Kekeno-Monguno route was safely dismantled, with fragments sent for forensic analysis.
Action in Borno extended into town centers as well. A targeted raid on known criminal dens in Monguno led to the arrest of 12 individuals linked to local drug trafficking networks, yielding significant quantities of cannabis, tramadol, and other banned substances.
Further west in Zamfara State, troops under Operation Fansan Yamma ambushed a gang of bandits operating along the Gambada-Gummi-Sokoto highway. Outgunned during the exchange, the attackers fled into nearby bushland, abandoning a motorcycle and leaving behind 11 kidnapped victims who were immediately brought to safety.
Meanwhile, intelligence-led operations in Kogi State produced critical breakthroughs against local terror cells. Security forces apprehended a suspected informant who confessed to gathering intelligence for a notorious bandit leader known as Kachallah Babangida. Subsequent raids across Adavi and Lokoja Local Government Areas yielded three more suspected terrorists, alongside two couriers intercepted while transporting food, beverages, and cigarettes meant for active hideouts in the area.
Military personnel are also maintaining pressure in Ondo State, where search-and-rescue teams continue to track gunmen who abducted two individuals in Owo, following the recent recovery of an abandoned supply haul in the surrounding forest.
These simultaneous encounters underscore an ongoing strategy by the armed forces to systematically choke off supply corridors, neutralize explosive hazards, and deny armed groups room to operate across the country.
