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Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) successfully repelled violent attacks connected aggregate locations crossed the Joint Operations Area successful the aboriginal hours of Thursday, October 23, 2025.
A connection by the Media Information Officer, Joint Task Force North-East Operation HADIN KAI, Lt-Col Sani Uba, said terrorists betwixt midnight and 0400 hours launched coordinated assaults connected troops’ positions successful Dikwa, Mafa, Gajibo, and Katarko, situated successful Sector 1 (Borno State) and Sector 2 (Yobe State), respectively.
He, however, said successful each instances, troops stood firm, fought gallantly, and professionally repelled the attacks, dealing the terrorists a dense decisive and bloody blow.
He added that the coordinated offensives effect was supported by aerial platforms of the Air Component Command of OPHK.
According to him, the precision strikes, coupled with enhanced battlefield consciousness provided by Theatre Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) assets, gave troops further leverage to respond with overwhelming and lethal force.
“The combined crushed and aerial efforts resulted successful the neutralisation of implicit 50 terrorists crossed each the locations,” helium said.
He added that the troops recovered 38 AK-47 rifles, 7 PKT instrumentality guns, 5 RPG tubes, 2 GPMGs and manus grenades on with thousands of assorted belted and escaped rounds of antithetic calibres.
“Additionally, implicit 70 of the wounded miscreants are inactive being pursued by crushed troops supported by the Air Component successful adjacent coordination,” helium stated.
According to the statement, quality further revealed the terrorists who attacked Dikwa and Gajibo manoeuvred from the Cameroon axis, portion those that attacked Katarko emerged from the Timbuktu Triangle, a known violent enclave.
He, however, noted that immoderate of the gallant troops were wounded successful enactment but were successful unchangeable condition.
“Some vehicles and buildings were besides gutted by occurrence from the terrorists equipped drones and RPG occurrence during the conflict particularly successful Mafa and Dikwa wherever a portion of the defences were momentarily breached,” helium added.
The Military High Command has commended the gallantry, doggedness and renewed complaint of the troops.
“Their steadfast show erstwhile again reaffirms the military’s unwavering resoluteness and capableness to support the nation’s territorial integrity against each threats particularly with the instauration of much boots and captious combat enablers into the Theatre,” the Spokesman added.
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