Overview
- Gunmen struck the Ajilari Cross military outpost on Maiduguri’s outskirts around 12:15–12:30 a.m., near a Nigerian Air Force base and close to the airport.
- Police reported a foiled assault by suspected Boko Haram or ISWAP fighters, with army, air force, police and civilian JTF units mobilized to drive the attackers back.
- Authorities and emergency services reported no civilian casualties, while residents said they saw four bodies believed to be among the assailants.
- The Ajilari raid coincided with reported assaults in Baga and Bururai, and a separate attempted attack in Damboa that security forces said they thwarted.
- The incident follows emergency security meetings in which Defence Minister Christopher Musa announced strategy changes and presidential approval for new hardware in response to renewed militant campaigns targeting bases.