{"id":62813,"date":"2025-03-15T15:19:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T15:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=62813"},"modified":"2025-03-15T15:19:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T15:19:51","slug":"naf-airstrikes-kill-over-20-terrorists-in-katsina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/15\/naf-airstrikes-kill-over-20-terrorists-in-katsina\/","title":{"rendered":"NAF Airstrikes Kill Over 20 Terrorists in Katsina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Emmanuel Ogbodo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Air Force has killed more than 20 terrorists in a precision airstrike on notorious bandit hideouts in Unguwar Goga Hill Forest, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State.<\/p>\n<p>Group Captain Kabiru Ali, Deputy Director of Public Relations and Information, confirmed the successful operation in a statement on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed that the airstrikes, carried out early Thursday, were based on credible intelligence and targeted fortified camps linked to two deadly bandit leaders, Gero and Alhaji Riga.<\/p>\n<p>The strikes destroyed key hideouts, leaving more than 20 terrorists dead, with additional casualties reported in nearby rocky hills.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ali, Riga and Gero were central figures in organized banditry, providing safe havens for criminals who frequently launched attacks along the Funtua Gusau Road, especially between Yankara and Sheme villages.<\/p>\n<p>Ali described the air operation as a significant breakthrough in the ongoing fight against terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>He assured that the Nigerian Air Force, in collaboration with ground forces, remains committed to eliminating threats and dismantling terrorist strongholds in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Emmanuel Ogbodo The Nigerian Air Force has killed more than 20 terrorists in a precision airstrike on notorious bandit hideouts in Unguwar Goga Hill Forest, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. Group Captain Kabiru Ali, Deputy Director of Public Relations and Information, confirmed the successful operation in a statement on Saturday. He revealed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":62814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-62813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62815,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62813\/revisions\/62815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}