source: Sahara Reporters; Guardian (Nigeria)
actor1: Military Forces of Nigeria (2015-)
actor2: Islamic State (West Africa) - Lake Chad Faction
location: Buni Yadi
notes: Around 9 December 2021 (as reported), Nigerian troops launched an operation and rescued 20 policemen captured by ISWAP during an attack on Buni Yadi (Gujba, Yobe), although the location of the rescue operation is not clear. Clashes assumed. The Yobe state command of the police force denied the claims and insisted that no policeman was abducted.