May 22, 2026
The interception highlights the growing logistical networks of family members aiding insurgents in the volatile Lake Chad region.
Troops of the 196 Amphibious Battalion under Operation HADIN KAI have arrested a 50-year-old woman, Mrs. Kellu Alhaji Abba, for allegedly acting as a logistics collaborator and supplying critical provisions to her son, a suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorist operating in Borno State.
The interception highlights the growing logistical networks of family members aiding insurgents in the volatile Lake Chad region.
According to counter-insurgency expert and security analyst, Zagazola Makama, security sources disclosed that Mrs. Abba was apprehended at approximately 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, during a routine security check at the C Company 7 Platoon checkpoint in the Kukawa Local Government Area of the state.
