For small-scale traders in Monguno whose entire inventory barely exceeds the value of the extortion fee, a 30,000 Naira gate pass is a sentence of ruin. Renowned counter-insurgency analyst Zagazola Makama recently reported a major breakthrough by military forces operating in Sector 3 of Operation HADIN KAI in Northern Borno. Zagazola Makama detailed the arrest: “Troops of Sector 3, Operation HADIN KAI, arrested two suspected ISWAP logistics suppliers in Monguno Local Government Area of Borno State. Across Northern Borno, vast tracts of fertile agricultural land lie abandoned. As the terror syndicate tightens its grip on Monguno through extortion, intimidation, and bloodshed, the citizens of Northern Borno remain trapped in a dystopian reality.