Overview

• Borno Governor Babagana Zulum reported more than 60 fatalities after the overnight assault, with resident and militia tallies ranging from 55 to about 70.
• Witnesses described dozens of fighters on motorbikes conducting house-to-house killings, torching homes and overwhelming soldiers stationed near the border.
• Several soldiers were among the dead, and residents said warnings about militant movements went unanswered in the days before the attack.
• The Nigerian Air Force said precision strikes killed over 30 insurgents as they fled, while a security source attributed the raid to Boko Haram commander Ali Ngulde.
• The United Nations condemned the attack and cited reports of abductions and burned houses, as analysts track a 2025 resurgence with roughly 300 attacks and about 500 civilian deaths.