{"id":159812,"date":"2025-04-17T22:05:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T21:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/naf-strikes-several-terrorists-enclaves-in-sambisa-southern-tumbus"},"modified":"2025-04-22T21:55:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T20:55:50","slug":"naf-strikes-several-terrorists-enclaves-in-sambisa-southern-tumbus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-strikes-several-terrorists-enclaves-in-sambisa-southern-tumbus","title":{"rendered":"NAF strikes several terrorists\u2019 enclaves in Sambisa, Southern Tumbus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, says its personnel, under the Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI, OPHK, on April 15, 2025, executed 2 highly successful air interdiction missions, targeting terrorist strongholds in Borno State\u2019s Sambisa general area and the Southern Tumbuns.<\/p>\n<p>Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, Director of Public Relations and Information, Headquarters, Nigerian Air Force.in a statement said the first strike occurred at approximately 5:30 a.m. in Kollaram, a known stronghold of insurgents.<\/p>\n<p>Intelligence reports, supported by surveillance footage, confirmed the presence of high-value terrorist commanders in the area.<\/p>\n<p>It said several structures, some equipped with solar panels, were identified as active terrorist hubs.<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian Air Force assets carried out a precision strike on the location, eliminating several fighters and disabling key infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>A second precision strike followed at about 3:55pm in Arra, Sambisa. Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance missions had earlier detected clusters of terrorists, and real-time visuals confirmed the significant presence. Precision-guided munitions were employed, resulting in the effective destruction of targets and disruption of the group\u2019s operational capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>These back-to-back missions are part of a sustained air campaign designed to erode terrorist capabilities, dismantle leadership structures, and eliminate sanctuaries across Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Air Force remains committed to ensuring that no location within the country offers safe haven to terrorists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, Director of Public Relations and Information, Headquarters, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":159811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[898,254,3135,16920],"class_list":["post-159812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-naf","tag-nigeria","tag-sambisa","tag-southern-tumbus"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NAF strikes several terrorists\u2019 enclaves in Sambisa, Southern Tumbus - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, says its personnel, under the Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI, OPHK, on April 15, 2025 ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-strikes-several-terrorists-enclaves-in-sambisa-southern-tumbus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NAF strikes several terrorists\u2019 enclaves in Sambisa, Southern Tumbus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, says its personnel, under the Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI, OPHK, on April 15, 2025 ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-strikes-several-terrorists-enclaves-in-sambisa-southern-tumbus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-17T21:05:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-22T20:55:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1744915375.600108.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-strikes-several-terrorists-enclaves-in-sambisa-southern-tumbus#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-strikes-several-terrorists-enclaves-in-sambisa-southern-tumbus\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NAF strikes several terrorists\u2019 enclaves in Sambisa, Southern Tumbus\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-17T21:05:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-22T20:55:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-strikes-several-terrorists-enclaves-in-sambisa-southern-tumbus\"},\"wordCount\":233,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-strikes-several-terrorists-enclaves-in-sambisa-southern-tumbus#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1744915375.600108.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"NAF\",\"Nigeria\",\"Sambisa\",\"Southern Tumbus\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-strikes-several-terrorists-enclaves-in-sambisa-southern-tumbus#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-strikes-several-terrorists-enclaves-in-sambisa-southern-tumbus\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-strikes-several-terrorists-enclaves-in-sambisa-southern-tumbus\",\"name\":\"NAF strikes several terrorists\u2019 enclaves in Sambisa, Southern Tumbus - 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