… 14 terrorists and families surrounded to troops
Troops of Nigerian Armed Forces through out last week sustained coordinated and intelligence driven offensive operations across various theatres of operation in the country.
During the operations that lasted from March 7 to 12 2026 troops killed scores of terrorists, rescued an unspecified numbers of kidnapped victims and disrupted criminal networks.
The director of Defence Media Operation,Major General Michael Onoja who disclosed this in a statement on Friday in
Abuja said that not less than 14 terrorists and their families surrended to troops.
The figure brings the number of terrorists who surrendered in the deradicalisation programme under Operation Safe Corridor in 2015 to 122,843.
He said the intense operations are going and were last week conducted in forms of offensive patrols, fighting patrols, clearance operations and rapid response missions.
According to the director the offensive operations targeted terrorist enclaves, criminal hideouts, kidnapping networks, illegal oil refining sites and other threats to national security.
Major General Onoja noted that despite operational challenges in some areas, the troops recorded significant successes while safeguarding civilians and denying criminal elements freedom of action.
He said that in the North-East, troops of Operation Hadin Kai are having running battles with Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) as troops disrupted their logistics networks and curtailing their movement.
He said that within the week under review, March 7 to 11, troops arrested several terrorist collaborators, including logistics suppliers and tax collectors in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State.
Arms caches were also recovered after troops repelled terrorist attacks in Mafa and Jere Local Government Areas of Borno State.
Troops also successfully repelled simultaneous terrorist attacks on Forward Operating Bases in Tuba and Doro Baga on March 10, demonstrating high levels of combat readiness.
In another encounter on March 11, troops ambushed terrorists in Mantamaleri in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State, neutralising two fighters.
The same day, troops responded to distress calls in Madagali and Maiha Local Government Areas of Adamawa State, and rescued kidnap victims and seized 23 jerrycans of Premium Motor Spirit intended for terrorist use.
Similarly, troops of Sector 2 in Goniri, Yobe State, supported by air power, repelled a coordinated night attack by ISWAP insurgents, killing over 20 terrorists, including a senior commander identified as Abu Yusu, the Munzir of Dursula.
Several weapons, improvised explosive devices and ammunition were recovered, while troops maintained control of the area and launched follow-up clearance operations.
The military also disclosed that 14 additional terrorists surrendered during the period, bringing the total number of insurgents who have laid down their arms since the commencement of the deradicalisation programme under Operation Safe Corridor in 2015 to 122,843.