{"id":173791,"date":"2025-08-12T16:04:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T15:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/troops-neutralize-boko-haram-fighters-recover-arms"},"modified":"2025-08-12T17:06:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T16:06:58","slug":"troops-neutralize-boko-haram-fighters-recover-arms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-neutralize-boko-haram-fighters-recover-arms","title":{"rendered":"Troops Neutralize Boko Haram Fighters Recover Arms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have successfully neutralised several Boko Haram insurgents and recovered weapons in Borno and Yobe States.<\/p>\n<p>The details were shared by security analyst Zagazola Makama in a post on X on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Makama, the incident in Borno happened in Kareto, where soldiers from the 145 Battalion in Damasak came under attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInsurgents set off an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) before firing at the troops,\u201d Makama wrote.<\/p>\n<p>However, the soldiers quickly responded, outflanked the attackers, and neutralised many on the spot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the fight, the troops recovered a range of weapons and equipment, including an automatic anti-aircraft machine gun, AK-47 rifles, ammunition, hand grenades, and other items such as a motorcycle and communication devices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a separate operation in Yobe State, soldiers from the 233 Battalion, alongside members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), clashed with insurgents at Sassawa village.<\/p>\n<p>Two insurgents were neutralised, and the troops recovered an AK-47 rifle, a magazine, and rounds of ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>Makama noted that the troops continue to maintain a strong offensive posture to deny Boko Haram freedom of movement, working hard to secure the region and achieve the objectives of Operation Hadin Kai.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have successfully neutralised several Boko Haram insurgents and recovered weapons in Borno and Yobe States. The details were shared by security analyst Zagazola Makama in a post on X on Tuesday. According to Makama, the incident in Borno happened in Kareto, where soldiers from the 145 Battalion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":173790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[254,1665],"class_list":["post-173791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-nigeria","tag-troops"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Troops Neutralize Boko Haram Fighters Recover Arms - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have successfully neutralised several Boko Haram insurgents and recovered weapons in Borno ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-neutralize-boko-haram-fighters-recover-arms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Troops Neutralize Boko Haram Fighters Recover Arms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have successfully neutralised several Boko Haram insurgents and recovered weapons in Borno ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-neutralize-boko-haram-fighters-recover-arms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-12T15:04:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-12T16:06:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755002309.784764.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-neutralize-boko-haram-fighters-recover-arms#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-neutralize-boko-haram-fighters-recover-arms\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Troops Neutralize Boko Haram Fighters Recover Arms\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-12T15:04:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-12T16:06:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-neutralize-boko-haram-fighters-recover-arms\"},\"wordCount\":213,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-neutralize-boko-haram-fighters-recover-arms#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755002309.784764.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"Troops\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-neutralize-boko-haram-fighters-recover-arms#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-neutralize-boko-haram-fighters-recover-arms\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-neutralize-boko-haram-fighters-recover-arms\",\"name\":\"Troops Neutralize Boko Haram Fighters Recover Arms - 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