Troops of the Joint Task Force (North-East, Nigeria), Operation Hadin Kai, have arrested suspected terrorist collaborators and recovered drones and other logistics during coordinated operations across Adamawa and Borno states.
In a statement issued in Maiduguri, the Media Information Officer of the Theatre Command, Lt. Col. Sani Uba, said troops of Sector 4 under the 28 Task Force Brigade, working with local vigilantes and hunters, apprehended a 28-year-old suspect, Ismail Muhammed, in the Visik General area of Hong Local Government Area, Adamawa State. He was described as a logistics supplier to insurgents.
Uba disclosed that in a separate operation in Madagali Local Government Area, troops ambushed the Visik River line, where a terrorist commander identified as Abdullahi Mafa was neutralised. An AK-47 rifle and a loaded magazine were recovered during the encounter.
Acting on intelligence, troops also arrested a 64-year-old suspect, Dauda Gubula, at Madagali Motor Park. He is alleged to be a terrorist collaborator and drone supplier.
Items recovered from him included two aerial drones, accessories, and 20 solar power banks. According to the military, the drones were being supplied to insurgents for weaponisation and operational purposes.
Meanwhile, in Sector 2, troops of Operation Hadin Kai, in collaboration with local vigilantes and the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), repelled insurgent activity in Ngamdu, Borno State.
During the operation, a suspected informant attempting to breach defensive positions was neutralised, while additional logistics items were recovered.