Troops of Operation HADIN KAI have foiled an attempted terrorist attack on Borno military base and rescued 21 female students following intelligence report.
The development was disclosed in a statement by the Nigerian Army and made available to journalists on Monday, July 27,2026.Â
According to the report, troops of the 3 Battalion at the Forward Operating Base in Logomani detected suspected ISWAP/JAS terrorists attempting to encircle their position through closed-circuit television, CCTV, surveillance.
Troops engaged the insurgents, forcing them to withdraw before executing the planned attack.
The report added that troops of Sector 3 also acted on intelligence indicating that seven suspected ISWAP/JAS terrorists carrying improvised explosive devices were sighted near the Water Board Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, Camp in Monguno.
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It was gathered that troops evacuated 21 female students staying in a nearby hostel to Kinnasara Barracks.
Three of the students reportedly suffered seizures during the evacuation but were stabilized at a hospital, while security was reinforced around the area.
In a separate operation, troops of the 115 Task Force Battalion, working alongside local hunters, engaged suspected terrorists at Surajo village in Askira/Uba Local Government Area. The insurgents fled the area, abandoning three bicycles and two coolers.
The report further disclosed that troops of the 247 Reconnaissance Battalion and local hunters arrested a suspected cross-border kidnapper at Gaya in Mubi South Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
The suspect reportedly confessed to belonging to a kidnapping syndicate operating from the Solere Forest in Cameroon and crossing into Nigeria to carry out abductions.
The report also noted that troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA repelled suspected terrorists along the Wasagu–Ayu Road in Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, forcing the attackers to flee and abandon two motorcycles.