{"id":79026,"date":"2025-11-20T09:38:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T09:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=79026"},"modified":"2025-11-20T09:38:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T09:38:22","slug":"naf-airstrikes-destroy-terrorist-stronghold-in-sambisa-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/11\/20\/naf-airstrikes-destroy-terrorist-stronghold-in-sambisa-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"NAF Airstrikes Destroy Terrorist Stronghold in Sambisa Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has destroyed a major terrorist hideout in Arra, deep within the Sambisa Forest, in a decisive aerial operation.<\/p>\n<p>Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, NAF\u2019s Director of Public Relations, said the strikes were carried out on orders of Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, following intelligence from surveillance missions that tracked suspected insurgents linked to the October 17 Kashomri ambush.<\/p>\n<p>NAF aircraft targeted newly identified structures and terrorist positions, successfully dismantling command systems, supply routes, and gathering points.<\/p>\n<p>Ejodame said the operation demonstrates the Air Force\u2019s commitment to protecting Nigeria, degrading terrorist networks, and supporting ground forces.<\/p>\n<p>He reaffirmed NAF\u2019s determination to neutralise threats, safeguard the nation\u2019s territorial integrity, and advance lasting peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has destroyed a major terrorist hideout in Arra, deep within the Sambisa Forest, in a decisive aerial operation. Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, NAF\u2019s Director of Public Relations, said the strikes were carried out on orders of Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, following intelligence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":79027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-79026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-and-security","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79026","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79028,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79026\/revisions\/79028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}