Troops Rescue Over 47 ISWAP Captives In Borno

The Joint Task Force (North East), Operation Hadin Kai (Operation HADIN KAI), has rescued more than 47 persons, mostly women and children, from captivity of ISWAP terrorists in Borno State.
Acting Military Information Officer of the Theatre Command, Captain Mohammed Goni, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Maiduguri.
He said the victims were freed in Kangarwa, Kukawa Local Government Area, on June 20, 2026, during sustained ground and air operations against ISWAP enclaves in the Lake Chad region.
According to him, the rescue followed intensified military pressure on terrorist positions, which forced fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) to abandon their...