UPDATE: BORNO STATE — COORDINATED ISWAP ATTACKS, APRIL 8-9, 2026

I first reported this overnight, as it was happening. I’ve since received multiple confirmations. From what I know, this is what happened: ISWAP launched simultaneous attacks on two Borno State locations overnight — Pulka community in Gwoza LGA and Benesheikh town in Kaga LGA.

In Pulka, fighters struck the military operations base at approximately 10:25 PM, engaging soldiers until troops ran out of ammunition. Attackers then moved to a road construction site, destroying equipment and vehicles belonging to Decency Road Construction Firm, before setting civilian homes ablaze. Civilians fled to surrounding mountains.

Reinforcements arrived from Brigade Gwoza and repelled the attack. One Civilian JTF member was killed. Military casualties unconfirmed but reported. In Benesheikh, terrorists struck at approximately 1 AM, burning trucks and commercial vehicles and killing motorists and passengers who had stopped for the night due to the routine evening closure of the Maiduguri-Damaturu-Kano road.

A Brigadier General — the military’s commanding officer at Benesheikh — was killed in the attack. It is the highest-ranking officer killed since Brigadier General Uba was killed in a Borno ambush in late 2025.

The two attacks were coordinated and simultaneous. Senator Ali Ndume confirmed both incidents, noting that troops are doing their best but lack sufficient equipment to confront the terrorists.

Pulka currently hosts thousands of displaced survivors from the Ngoshe massacre of March 3. The terrorists hit it again last night.
My thoughts: Tinubu and his administration should relocate to the military base there.

Perhaps the next attack will solve all of Nigeria’s problems all at once – when they are visited by their “brothers” and “sons” and given a fitting send-off. Note: The troops lack “insufficient equipment” — too bad they can’t fight with “Restoring Hope” buses, or bags of rice, or N300,000,000 wristwatches.

The Nigerian government is illegitimate, illegal, corrupt, and complicit. Innocent people continue to pay the price. This must end. #EarthShaker

Written By: Mike Arnold (Obinwannem News correspondent, Enugu State)
Date: April 9, 2026
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Published by Mazi Ugwu Okechukwu (Director Obinwannem Media)