{"id":66417,"date":"2025-05-23T15:58:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=66417"},"modified":"2025-05-23T15:58:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:58:48","slug":"victory-as-troops-kill-16-iswap-boko-haram-fighters-in-damboa-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/23\/victory-as-troops-kill-16-iswap-boko-haram-fighters-in-damboa-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Victory as Troops Kill 16 ISWAP, Boko Haram Fighters in Damboa Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Samuel Adeola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have recorded a major victory in Borno State, killing 16 fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), and Boko Haram during a fierce gun battle in Damboa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Army confirmed the incident occurred during a clearance operation, adding that further details would be released in due course.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Security analyst Zagazola Makama disclosed that the terrorists launched their attack around 1:00 a.m. on Thursday, targeting the Azir Bridge axis and the 25 Task Force Brigade base.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A military source said, \u201cThe main thrust of the terrorists was the brigade location in Damboa, where they attacked en masse. However, the troops responded decisively with heavy firepower, leading to a significant number of enemy casualties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While 16 insurgents were neutralized, others fled with gunshot wounds. Unfortunately, two soldiers lost their lives in the confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A terrorist-fired projectile triggered an explosion at a nearby ammunition store, destroying two adjacent buildings. Emergency response teams swiftly extinguished the resulting fire.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Troops have launched a manhunt for fleeing terrorists and are sustaining clearance operations across the area.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite persistent threats, Damboa remains under firm military control as troops continue to dominate the battlefield and frustrate insurgent advances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Adeola &nbsp; Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have recorded a major victory in Borno State, killing 16 fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), and Boko Haram during a fierce gun battle in Damboa. &nbsp; The Nigerian Army confirmed the incident occurred during a clearance operation, adding that further details would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":66418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66417","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\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66419,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66417\/revisions\/66419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}