Boko Haram insurgents launched an attack on Pemi community in Chibok LGA, Borno State. Security forces repelled the assault, but two people were injured during the confrontation.

Around 70 heavily armed members of the Boko Haram sect, carrying guns and hand grenades, launched a pre‑dawn assault on a police station in the Dutsen Tanshi area of Bauchi. The attack, which occurred in retaliation for the recent arrests of the sect’s leaders, was quickly repelled. Security forces responded by raiding the group’s hideouts in the Federal Low‑Cost Housing Estate and Fadama Mada areas. The confrontations resulted in significant casualties and arrests, marking the beginning of a five‑day uprising that would spread to three other northern states and lead to the summary execution of the sect’s founder, Mohammed Yusuf.

A large group of Boko Haram insurgents attacked the military base in the evening, triggering an intense gun battle with troops. The insurgents approached the base in large numbers, leading to a fierce exchange of fire. After the assault, soldiers pursued fleeing militants and recovered weapons, including AK-47 rifles. The attack was successfully repelled by troops, but resulted in casualties on both sides

Following news of the Maiduguri crackdown, police in Kaduna attempted a preemptive raid on a suspected Maitatsine hideout in the Tudun Wada and Rigasa districts. The sect members, who had fortified residential buildings, launched a massive retaliatory strike. The violence quickly turned into an urban siege, with sect members using narrow alleyways to ambush security forces. The Nigerian Army was eventually called in, utilizing aerial bombardment and heavy ground fire to flush out the insurgents.