16.2.2026
Nigeria Army troops of the Joint Task Force Northeast Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) intercepted a suspicious vehicle and recovered approximately ₦37 million in cash, alongside multiple mobile phones suspected to be linked to terrorist activities, in Borno State.
The operation, conducted through the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Chabbal Checkpoint, forms part of ongoing efforts to dismantle financial and logistical networks supporting terrorist groups in the Northeast.
The Media Information Officer Lt. Col. Sani Uba disclosed in a press statement that the vehicle, carrying five occupants, was intercepted during routine patrols along known terrorist transit routes.
“This interception represents a major breakthrough in ongoing efforts to dismantle financial conduits suspected to support terrorist logistics and operational activities,” the statement said.
Meanwhile in another operation OPHK troops thwarted coordinated attacks by terrorists on Pulka and Mandaragirau communities in Gwoza Local Government Area, inflicting heavy losses, including the elimination of a senior Boko Haram commander, Abou Aisha, who sustained a critical gunshot injury to the neck. Significant weapons and equipment were also recovered.
Lt. Col. Uba described the operations as part of a deliberate strategy to disrupt terrorist supply chains and deny insurgents freedom of movement.
“Troops have sustained operational momentum from recent successful defensive actions in Pulka and Mandaragirau, transitioning decisively into logistics strangulation operations aimed at crippling terrorist networks across the theatre,” he said.
During the night of February 14–16, terrorists mounted attacks from the Sambisa Forest axis on Pulka and Mandaragirau. Troops responded with intense firefights, successfully containing the assaults and forcing the terrorists to retreat in disarray.
Follow-up operations along the Kimba axis revealed blood trails, shallow graves, and abandoned items, confirming substantial enemy losses and the evacuation of multiple casualties by insurgents.