Troops neutralise two high-profile ISWAP leaders and 13 others in Borno State

Operation HADIN KAI troops said they neutralised 15 fighters in Kerenoa, in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State, during air strikes on 28 October. The dead reportedly included two ISWAP commanders, Abu Musanna and Hassan Abu Huraira, while the group’s governor for the area was said to be critically injured. The strikes also destroyed a suspected improvised explosive device hideout. Separately, Major General Ibikunle Ajose commissioned three blocks of quarters for junior personnel at Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri.