The Nigerian Army says its air component of Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), has neutralised scores of terrorists and disrupted their supply chain in Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State.
Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, Media Information Officer, Headquarters Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI, in a statement on Sunday, said the success followed a carefully planned attack on insurgents, supported by intelligence reports on insurgent movements within the area.
According to the statement, scores of terrorists were neutralised following a precision air strike on a known terrorist enclave and logistics hub located near the abandoned village of Jilli in Gubio Local Government Area.
It said that on April 11, 2026, multiple reports were received of ISWAP gun trucks and motorcycles moving along the axis. Consequently, ISR coverage over the area was immediately intensified.
During the surveillance mission, a contingent of motorcycles was observed moving in the direction of Jilli, followed shortly by several additional vehicles converging on the same location.
It added that the air component executed a series of precision strikes on the objective, while surveillance platforms maintained continuous overwatch for real-time battle damage assessment.
Post-strike assessment confirmed that the target area was hit with high accuracy, resulting in the destruction of the identified terrorist logistics enclave.
Scores of terrorists were neutralised in the strike, with their vehicles and technicals destroyed, while surviving elements were observed fleeing in multiple directions.
“Intelligence further indicates that the neutralised elements were in the final stages of receiving logistics from couriers for coordinated attacks on troop locations within the Gubio axis.
“On 12 April 2026, a terrorist logistics courier identified as “Turja Bulu”, was arrested at Ngamdu Town, and upon preliminary investigation confessed that he took part in the attack at 29 Bde location on 9 April 2026 at Benisheik and had been dispatched by ISWAP from Jilli, where most of his fellow terrorists were hibernating, to provide food items for another group of terrorists currently hibernating around the Magumeri–Gubio general area,” the statement said.