NAF neutralised 32 Boko Haram insurgents after an attack on Banki that killed one soldier and one civilian.
18 Sept 2025 · Bula Yobe and Banki, Bama, Borno
Deaths
34
Kidnapped
0
Total casualties
34
Perpetrators
Boko Haram
Response
Military confirmed; NAF airstrikes neutralised insurgents.
Displacement
0
Socioeconomic drivers
Insurgency tactics, military counter-operations
Trajectory
Incident reflects persistence of Boko Haram attacks in Bama despite military air campaigns.
Cycle notes
Banki insurgent clashes threaten civilian safety in repeated patterns.
Pattern
Boko Haram insurgent attacks
Related — Armed Attack
Boko Haram insurgents attacked two tractor drivers while they were working on a farm in Jere LGA. The victims were operating tractors when the insurgents struck.
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists attacked Gaskeri village in the evening. During the attack, the assailants killed three members of the Civilian Joint Task Force, a local self-defense group that assists the military. The attackers also looted food supplies from the village, which the military described as a "survival bid."
Boko Haram jihadists on motorcycles attacked a group of loggers collecting firewood in Jinene village. The gunmen shot six people dead. They also abducted five girls who had joined the loggers to collect firewood. Some of the loggers managed to escape and returned to the Ngala IDP camp to inform soldiers. In a related attack nearby, the gunmen shot and injured two shepherds and made off with some 500 goats belonging to IDPs