Troops Kill 48 Terrorists, Repel Coordinated Attacks in Borno, Yobe
Troops of the Joint Task Force, North East, Operation Hadin Kai, have reportedly killed 48 Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters while repelling coordinated attacks on military positions in Borno and Yobe States. The engagements, which took place between October 29 and 30, 2026, targeted military positions in Bitta, Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, and the North East Theatre Training School in Buni Yadi, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State. In a statement shared on the Nigerian Army’s X handle on Friday, the Acting Media Information Officer of the Joint Task Force, Captain Mohammed Goni, said troops disrupted an attempted terrorist assault on Bitta on the night of October 29, with ground forces supported by air assets overwhelming the attackers and forcing them to abandon their operation. In a separate engagement, troops launched a counter-attack against a large group of ISWAP fighters who attacked the military training facility in Buni Yadi from the evening of October 29 into the early hours of October 30.
According to Goni, the battle in Buni Yadi lasted about five hours and involved intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance systems, alongside coordinated air and ground operations under the direction of the Theatre Command. He said troops recovered a significant cache of weapons and ammunition after the engagements, including 42 AK-47 rifles, five PKT machine guns, four General Purpose Machine Guns, one 60mm mortar, 105 AK-47 magazines, two video cameras and thousands of rounds of ammunition of various calibres. The military disclosed that one soldier was killed during the operations, while two others sustained minor injuries and are receiving treatment. It described the outcome as a major setback for the terrorist groups, claiming the operations had significantly weakened their operational capacity in the theatre, while adding that troop morale remained high.
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