Nigerian troops acting on an intelligence alert evacuated 21 female students from an internally displaced persons camp in Monguno, Borno State, after detecting suspected ISWAP/JAS terrorists carrying improvised explosive devices near the site. The students were moved to a barracks before any attack could be carried out. Three who suffered seizures during the evacuation were stabilized at a hospital.
The operation was one of several reported by the military over the past 24 hours in Nigeria’s continuing campaign against Islamist insurgents in the northeast.
In a separate action, troops of the 3 Battalion, Operation HADIN KAI, detected ISWAP/JAS fighters attempting to encircle their position at Forward Operating Base Logomani using CCTV surveillance. The troops engaged the terrorists and forced them to withdraw.
In Askira Uba Local Government Area, soldiers from the 115 Task Force Battalion, working alongside local hunters, engaged insurgents at Surajo Village. The terrorists fled, abandoning three bicycles and two coolers.
Beyond the northeast, a suspected cross-border kidnapper was arrested in Gaya, Mubi South Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The suspect confessed to belonging to a syndicate operating from Solere Forest in Cameroon, crossing into Nigeria after abductions.
In Kogi State, troops from Operation MESA, working with police and vigilantes, rescued a kidnap victim along the Koton Karfe-Okparake Road. Three suspects were arrested and a Dane gun, a motorcycle, three mobile phones, and 23,000 naira in cash were recovered. The victim was reunited with his family.
These operations reflect the daily reality of Nigeria’s security situation: multiple overlapping threats — ISWAP in the northeast, cross-border kidnapping gangs along the Cameroon frontier, and armed banditry in the central states. The military’s response is reactive and localized. It saves lives on the day, but it does not end the wars.