MNJTF troops  Neutralizes 2 ISWAP  Terrorists in Kukawa 

By: Zagazola Makama 

A special team led by Brigadier General MF Babayo of Sector 3 Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) and the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) have naturalized two ISWAP terrorist fighters and recovered several weapons and items in Kukawa Local Government Area, Borno State.

Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region that the successful operation took place on July 8,  2024. 

The sources said that the army troops with support from Hybrid Force, and members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), engaged the terrorists in a heavy gunfight  at Kwatan Dawashi, neutralizing two of the fighters  and causing others to flee with gunshot wounds.

The combined forces recovered seven AK-47 rifles, magazines, ammunition, and other items, including tax/levy receipts, jotters containing names written in Arabic, phones, radios, drugs, and terrorist uniforms.