… Foils VBIED assaults
By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have sustained their advance into the Timbuktu Triangle, recording vital operational positive factors and additional degrading terrorist networks working inside the space.
Scores of insurgents have been killed, whilst on 20 January 2026, whereas consolidating at a harbour space roughly 6km North of Chilaria, troops encountered 2 Car-Borne Improvised Explosive Gadgets (VBIED).
By vigilance and swift motion, one VBIED was efficiently neutralised. The second VBIED, nonetheless, breached the defensive place affecting some logistics platforms.
Sadly, throughout the course of this fressh encounter, some gallant troopers and members of the Civilian Joint Activity Power paid the supreme value, whereas others sustained accidents.
Barely few days in the past, related Troops wrecked havoc on terrorists enclaves in that axis, Sambisa Forests and different hideouts.
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Headquarters Joint Activity Power North East ‘Operation HADIN KAI’, Lt. Col. Sani Uba disclosed this to Journalists in a press assertion on Wednesday morning.
“Within the newest section of operations, troops efficiently cleared and dominated key terrorist areas throughout the triangle, together with Tergejeri, Chiralia, and the Ajigin/Abirma normal areas.
“Throughout the conduct of those operations, troops made intermittent contact with fleeing terrorist components and engaged them with excessive volumes of fireplace, ensuing within the neutralisation of a number of terrorists.
“On 20 January 2026, whereas consolidating at a harbour space roughly 6km North of Chilaria, troops encountered 2 Car-Borne Improvised Explosive Gadgets (VBIED).
“By vigilance and swift motion, one VBIED was efficiently neutralised. The second VBIED, nonetheless, breached the defensive place affecting some logistics platforms.
“In the middle of this assault, some gallant troopers and members of the Civilian Joint Activity Power paid the supreme value, whereas others sustained accidents.
“The wounded have been promptly evacuated by Nigerian Military Aviation helicopters to 7 Division Medical Providers and Hospital. All through the evacuation, Nigerian Airforce platforms from the Air Part in synergy with different Nigerian Military air platforms supplied steady overwatch to make sure the secure extraction of casualties and the safety of floor forces neutralising extra terrorists within the course of.
“In an extra indication of the heavy losses suffered by the terrorists, troops found mass graves containing an estimated 20 terrorist our bodies killed throughout encounters with troops within the Timbuktu Triangle and buried by their cohorts.
“This discovery exposes the dimensions of terrorist casualties and additional discredits terrorist propaganda narratives.
“Throughout the Theatre, the safety scenario stays usually steady. Troops’ morale and combating effectivity stay excessive, and operations proceed with sustained stress on fleeing terrorist components.
“Troops of OPHK stay resolute of their dedication to guard civilians, dismantle terrorist networks, and restore lasting peace and safety throughout the North East”. Uba defined.
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