Troops Thwart Another ISWAP Attempt to Overrun Military Base in Biu, Inflicting Casualties on Extremist Fighters
Linus Aleke in Abuja
Troops of 162 Amphibious Battalion, operating under the Joint Task Force North-East, Operation Hadin Kai, successfully thwarted an attempted attack by ISWAP terrorists on their location at Forward Operating Base Mandaragirau, Biu Local Government Area of Borno State, and inflicted heavy casualties on the extremist fighters, the military has said.
The military said the terrorists launched a simultaneous assault on the location from two fronts at about 0200 hours on 15 August 2026.
In a statement on Saturday, the Acting Military Information Officer of the Joint Task Force North-East, Operation Hadin Kai, Captain Mohammed Goni, said that, upon detecting the advancing terrorists through emplaced early-warning and surveillance systems, a combat team was promptly dispatched to interdict the terrorists along one of their axes of advance.
