Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI, have killed several Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists, including high-profile leaders, after repelling a major attack on their positions in Kukawa, Borno State. According to a statement issued on Sunday by the Acting Media Information Officer of the Headquarters Joint Task Force
Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI, have killed several Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters, including a member of the group’s Shura Council, Abu Hajara, and a prominent commander, Abul Walid, during an encounter in Kukawa, Borno State. According to the statement, troops deployed to Kukawa repelled a major ISWAP attack on their positions, with ground forces supported by air assets from the Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI.
Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai, have repelled attacks by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters on Yadi and Bitta in Borno State. The source also disclosed that troops repelled another ISWAP attack on their camp in Bitta, a community in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, on the night of October 29.
Nigerian Army troops have killed 48 Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists while repelling coordinated attacks in Bitta, Borno State, and Buni Yadi, Yobe State.
By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri Barely 24 hours when scores of Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists were killed in separate encounter in communities of Kukawa and Marte local government areas of Borno state, about 48 terrorists were neutralised by Troops of the Joint Task Force, North East, Operation HADIN KAI while attempting to infiltrate military positions in Bitta Gwoza LGA of Borno State and North East Theatre Training School (NETTS), Buni Yadi, Gujba LGA of Yobe State between 29 and 30 October 2026. He said: “Troops of OPHK have dealt a major blow to Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province…
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