{"id":70285,"date":"2025-07-11T11:51:24","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T11:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70285"},"modified":"2025-07-11T11:51:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T11:51:24","slug":"troops-neutralize-24-terrorists-in-borno-repel-massive-bandit-attack-in-kebbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/11\/troops-neutralize-24-terrorists-in-borno-repel-massive-bandit-attack-in-kebbi\/","title":{"rendered":"Troops Neutralize 24 Terrorists in Borno, Repel Massive Bandit Attack in Kebbi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Emmanuel Ibeh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian military forces have neutralized 24 Boko Haram\/ISWAP terrorists in the Northeast and foiled a major bandit attack in Kebbi State, in what security officials describe as a significant counterterrorism breakthrough.<\/p>\n<p>Counterterrorism Gains in Borno and Adamawa as Troops of Operation Hadin Kai carried out coordinated precision strikes between July 4 and 9, targeting terrorist hideouts across Borno and Adamawa states.<\/p>\n<p>Key locations hit included Ngoshe-Gava, Kawuri, and Pambula villages.<\/p>\n<p>The offensive involved tactical ambushes on terrorist supply routes, intensive clearance patrols in forest enclaves, and close air support missions aimed at dismantling enemy camps.<\/p>\n<p>Military sources confirmed the recovery of large weapons caches and the destruction of terrorist logistics networks during the week-long operation.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate operation, troops of the 223 Light Battalion repelled an attempted invasion by over 400 armed bandits in Ribah town, Kebbi State.<\/p>\n<p>The swift and coordinated military response led to the neutralization of several attackers, protection of key community assets, and restoration of calm within hours.<\/p>\n<p>Security analysts say the dual successes reflect improved coordination across military theatres and underscore the Nigerian Armed Forces\u2019 growing capacity to counter both insurgency and banditry.<\/p>\n<p>Military authorities reaffirmed their commitment to sustaining momentum and ensuring the safety of all Nigerians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Emmanuel Ibeh Nigerian military forces have neutralized 24 Boko Haram\/ISWAP terrorists in the Northeast and foiled a major bandit attack in Kebbi State, in what security officials describe as a significant counterterrorism breakthrough. Counterterrorism Gains in Borno and Adamawa as Troops of Operation Hadin Kai carried out coordinated precision strikes between July 4 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":70286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-and-security","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70285","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=70285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70287,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70285\/revisions\/70287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}