Troops Foil Coordinated Terrorist Attacks, Neutralise Scores in Follow-Up Operations

By Micheal Chukwuebuka

Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have foil coordinated terrorist attacks across parts of Adamawa and Borno States, while inflicting heavy losses on fleeing terrorists during follow-up operations.

A statement signed by the Acting Media Information Officer Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI Lieutenant S A Atokolo says in the early hours of 16 January 2026, terrorists attempted to overrun a patrol base at Sabon Gari in Madagali LGA of Adamawa State under Sector 4 OPHK. Alert troops swiftly engaged the attackers, supported by reinforcements from Gulak and the Battalion Quick Reaction Force.

The terrorists were successfully repelled without any casualty to own troops and equipment, forcing them to abandon the attack.

In a related development on the same day, terrorists launched a large-scale, multi-directional attack on Forward Operating Base (FOB) Azir in Borno State. The attackers initially attempted to breach part of the defensive perimeter but were met with overwhelming and sustained firepower from gallant troops with support from the Air Component and other Nigerian Army aerial platforms. After a prolonged firefight lasting over an hour, the terrorists were decisively overpowered and forced to withdraw.

Several terrorist weapons and ammunition, including a 60 mm mortar tube, mortar bombs, locally fabricated explosives, heavy machine gun rounds and hundreds of rounds of 7.62mm NATO ammunition, were recovered from the terrorists.

The precision strikes by the Nigerian Air Force platforms resulted in the neutralization of additional scores of the terrorists.