By Miriam Humbe
In a well-coordinated dawn attack on 28 January 2026, troops of the Joint Task Force (North East) Sector 1, under Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) conducted successful night dawn surprise operations at Bula Dalo, where they neutralized over 12 terrorists.
Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba,
Media Information Officer
Headquarters Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI disclosed this in a statement signed on Thursday.
The ambush compelled the remnants to flee in disarray and leading to the recovery of 4 AK-47 rifles, one PKT anti aircraft gun, one Rocket Propelled Gun, and one multiple grenade launcher.
In a separate, deliberate operation at Garno terrorist camp, troops of Sector 1 further degraded terrorist capabilities by neutralizing 6 terrorists, destroying their life-support structures, and recovering a huge cache of PKT anti aircraft ammunition amongst other items.
In a related development, troops of Sector 2 OPHK at Sabon Gari were also confronted with an ISWAP attack supported by multiple armed drones in the early hours of 29 January 2025.
Although the terrorists briefly breached a part of the defensive location, impressively, gallant troops swiftly thwarted the assault, held their ground, and restored full control with timely reinforcement from nearby locations.
Regrettably, some courageous troops and members of the Civilian Joint Task Force paid the supreme price in the course of defending the location, while an excavator and low bed also got damaged as a result of the armed drone attack.
Exploitation of the area is ongoing as operations continue to deny terrorists freedom of action.
The Military High Command commended the troops for their gallantry and urged them to remain vigilant and aggressive in dealing with terrorist threats.
