More Boko Haram Family Members Surrender As Troops Intensify Operations In N/East

Sustained offensive operations by troops of Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have continued to exert significant pressure on terrorist elements operating across the North East theatre, resulting in the voluntary surrender of 17 family members of Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) known as Boko Haram in separate incidents in Borno State. According to a statement issued to Journalists in Maiduguri on Wednesday by the Acting military information officer OPHK, Captain Mohammed Goni, in the first incident, at about 9:15 a.m on 4 August 2026, 16 JAS family members comprising 10 women and 6 children voluntarily surrendered to troops of 222 Battalion while on a domination patrol along the...