Troops of Sector 4, Joint Task Force North East, Operation Hadin Kai, have repelled a Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province terrorist attack, rescued three kidnapped civilians, and recovered arms and explosive materials across Adamawa State.
The Acting Media Information Officer for Headquarters Joint Task Force North East Operation Hadin Kai, Captain Mohammed Goni, confirmed the combat achievements in an official statement released in Maiduguri on Tuesday, 10 November 2026.
Captain Goni stated that “troops stationed at Zangula Kilba Junction in Gombi Local Government Area intercepted and decisively neutralised an attempted attack by insurgent forces on Sunday, 08 November 2026.”
The troops engaged the hostile force with superior firepower, neutralising two terrorists while forcing the remaining attackers to retreat into surrounding bush paths under pressure.
Post-engagement sweeps along the withdrawal route yielded two AK-47 rifles, four magazines, 115 rounds of live ammunition, three empty ammunition belt links, two cases of locally fabricated explosive devices, desert boots, a camelback pack, a mobile phone, and N15,000 in cash.
Detailing a rescue operation on Monday, 09 November 2026, Captain Goni disclosed that Mubi-based troops responded to a distress call following the abduction of a farmer, Mrs Happiness Dama Dauda, at Dutse-Uku in Mubi South Local Government Area.
Mobilising alongside local hunters, the combat team applied pressure along the escape routes, forcing the armed syndicate to abandon Dauda and two additional local captives before fleeing the area.
Captain Goni added that troops recovered a motorcycle, a tricycle loaded with 15 bags of beans, and a mini-pickup truck carrying 13 bags of groundnuts belonging to escaped farmers, returning the property through local village heads.
