Troops Foil Attacks, Seize Trucks Loads of Terrorist Logistics in North East

By Micheal Chukwuebuka

Troops of the Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI have foiled multiple terrorist attacks.

A statement by the Media Information Officer Headquarters Joint Task Force Operation HADIN KAI Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba says troops deployed at Damboa combated a planned Boko Haram/ISWAP attack after detecting terrorists’ movements, forcing them to withdraw in disarray.

Similarly, troops successfully combated attempted attacks on farmers and communities in Gwoza and Askira Uba Local Government Areas of Borno State, forcing the insurgents to flee towards the Mandara Mountains areas.

The statement added that, troops safely detonated an Improvised Explosive Device IED planted along the Goniri–Ngamdu axis, Recovering materials, including rail tracks used to canalise vehicles into a killing zone.

At Molai, two suspected Boko Haram collaborators were arrested while loitering within a defensive area under suspicious circumstances, while in Maiduguri, troops intercepted vehicles conveying large quantities of suspected terrorist logistics supplies, along the Maiduguri–Mafa road, the consignments, equivalent to two truckloads, were concealed in sacks and included cartons of drugs, motorcycle tubes and tyres, mosquito nets, rolls of mats, air filter cylinders and detergents.

Preliminary investigation reveals that the items were being transported without clearance towards Kusuri, a border community near Chad.

Additionally, troops of OPHK in conjunction with Civilian Joint Task Force operatives arrested a suspected logistics supplier, Mohammed Adamu at Muna Garage, recovering 25 litres of engine oil concealed in sacks.

In a related operation, troops of OPHK deployed at Gubio alongside intelligence operatives and CJTF conducted targeted operations in Gubio, leading to the arrest of 13 suspected terrorist logistics suppliers and collaborators.

Troops also arrested a suspected member of JAS/ISWAP terrorist group, identified as Abubakar Ali alias “Saina,” at Kilo Papa checkpoint while moving to Maiduguri, interrogation revealed that the suspect was on a suspected reconnaissance mission.

In a similar operation, troops arrested a suspected kidnapper in the Azir area of Damboa Local Government Area.