President Bola Tinubu Claims Nigeria Neutralised 13,000 Terrorists in the Past Year
Tinubu said terror-related deaths have fallen 81% since 2015, while more than 124,000 fighters and dependents surrendered under Operation Safe Corridor.
- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced on Friday that Nigerian forces neutralized over 13,000 terrorists in the past year, claiming the jihadist insurgency's death toll has dropped 81 percent since he took power in 2023.
- Nigeria faces a long-running jihadist insurgency across northern regions, complicated by inroads from Sahel militants and non-ideological "bandit" gangs that carry out mass attacks and kidnappings.
- Under the surrender and rehabilitation framework Operation Safe Corridor, more than 124,000 fighters and dependents have laid down their arms since 2023, reflecting the government's reintegration efforts.
- On Monday, the Nigerian military rescued 360 people kidnapped by ISIL-linked Boko Haram from a remote mountain hideout in Borno State, while security forces target the Islamic State West Africa Province.
- Despite these operations, insecurity persists as armed groups expand into the southwest, where more than 40 students and teachers were seized in Oyo in May, while the United States military supports precision strikes.
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In a television address on Friday, 12 June, the Head of State assured, inter alia, that "more than 13,000 terrorists" had been killed by the army in the past year and that the number of victims of the jihadist insurgency in the country had decreased by 81% since it came to power in 2023. Figures to be taken with great caution as they seemed "unbelievable", tempered analysts.
Nigeria 'neutralised' 13,000 'terrorists' in past year, according to President
Nigeria has killed more than 13,000 "terrorists" in the past year, President Bola Tinubu said Friday, adding that the death toll from the country's jihadist insurgency is down 81 percent since he took power in 2023.
Nigeria: Crime Has No Ethnicity, Let Us Not Assign Blame or Point Fingers
ABUJA -- President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to avoid ethnic profiling and blame games in the fight against insecurity, insisting that crime has no ethnicity and the country must remain united to defeat terrorism and criminality.
Crime has no ethnicity, let us not assign blame or point fingers
ABUJA — President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to avoid ethnic profiling and blame games in the fight against insecurity, insisting that crime has no ethnicity and the country must remain united to defeat terrorism and criminality. Speaking on national security, in his Democracy Day address, Tinubu said Nigeria has significantly upgraded its military operations, moving from joint training exercises with allies such as the United States, Franc…
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