The Nigerian army has repelled what can have been every other fatal assault on Garaha, one in every of a number of communities in Hong Native Executive House of Adamawa State that experience come underneath repeated assaults.
Troops of Sector 4, Joint Job Pressure (North East), Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), who faced the suspected terrorists, killed six of them and recovered hands and ammunition.
In line with the Performing Army Knowledge Officer, Headquarters Joint Job Pressure (North East), Operation HADIN KAI, Captain Mohammed Goni, the troops repelled a coordinated assault by means of Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on Ahead Running Base (FOB) Garaha.
Goni disclosed in a observation got on Tuesday that the terrorists, who complex on foot from the LAR axis, introduced the assault at roughly 9:07 pm on Monday, October 12, 2026, in an try to overrun the army place.
“Alternatively, troops spoke back with awesome firepower and tactical coordination, decisively repelling the attack and forcing the terrorists to retreat,” Goni mentioned.
He defined {that a} next seek of the world ended in the invention of six terrorist corpses, confirming the killing of six insurgents.
“Troops additionally recovered one PKT system gun with 3 ammunition belts containing 67 rounds, six AK-47 rifles, 11 AK-47 magazines, 157 rounds of seven.62mm NATO ammunition, 120 rounds of seven.62mm particular ammunition and one 60mm mortar bomb,” the guidelines officer stated.
He added that wounded team of workers have been receiving clinical consideration, assuring that troops had maintained heightened vigilance within the surrounding spaces to forestall additional assaults.
Garaha, the birthplace of former Secretary to the Executive of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, is one in every of a number of communities in Hong LGA that experience come underneath assault in contemporary months and years.