{"id":164929,"date":"2025-05-30T10:18:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T09:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/borno-nigerian-troops-neutralize-scores-of-terrorists-in-bita"},"modified":"2025-05-30T11:20:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T10:20:50","slug":"borno-nigerian-troops-neutralize-scores-of-terrorists-in-bita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/borno-nigerian-troops-neutralize-scores-of-terrorists-in-bita","title":{"rendered":"Borno: Nigerian troops neutralize scores of terrorists in Bita"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), through the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, has recorded a major operational success against Boko Haram terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, Director of Public Relations and Information, Headquarters, Nigerian Air Force, in a statement, said NAF combat aircraft carried out precision airstrikes on fleeing terrorists in Bita, Borno State, and neutralised scores of insurgents in what has been described as one of the most decisive blows against the group in recent times.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the highly coordinated operation, executed under the cover of darkness, represents a major leap in ongoing efforts to dismantle the operational capabilities of terrorist elements undermining national security in the North East.<\/p>\n<p>It said ground forces have since commenced clearance and exploitation operations to consolidate on the gains achieved from the successful airstrikes.<\/p>\n<p>The NAF, therefore, reassured Nigerians of its unwavering commitment to defending the nation\u2019s territorial integrity and protecting law-abiding citizens, as all necessary measures are being taken to ensure that terrorist elements have no safe haven anywhere within the country.<\/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. The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), through the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, has recorded a major operational success against Boko Haram terrorists. Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, Director of Public Relations and Information, Headquarters, Nigerian Air Force, in a statement, said NAF combat aircraft carried out precision airstrikes on fleeing terrorists in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":164928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[17544,47,254,1665],"class_list":["post-164929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-bita","tag-borno","tag-nigeria","tag-troops"],"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>Borno: Nigerian troops neutralize scores of terrorists in Bita - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), through the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, has recorded a major operational success ...\" \/>\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\/borno-nigerian-troops-neutralize-scores-of-terrorists-in-bita\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Borno: Nigerian troops neutralize scores of terrorists in Bita\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), through the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, has recorded a major operational success ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/borno-nigerian-troops-neutralize-scores-of-terrorists-in-bita\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-30T09:18:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-30T10:20:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1748587902.898623.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\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\/borno-nigerian-troops-neutralize-scores-of-terrorists-in-bita#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/borno-nigerian-troops-neutralize-scores-of-terrorists-in-bita\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Borno: Nigerian troops neutralize scores of terrorists in Bita\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-30T09:18:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-30T10:20:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/borno-nigerian-troops-neutralize-scores-of-terrorists-in-bita\"},\"wordCount\":196,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/borno-nigerian-troops-neutralize-scores-of-terrorists-in-bita#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1748587902.898623.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Bita\",\"Borno\",\"Nigeria\",\"Troops\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/borno-nigerian-troops-neutralize-scores-of-terrorists-in-bita#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/borno-nigerian-troops-neutralize-scores-of-terrorists-in-bita\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/borno-nigerian-troops-neutralize-scores-of-terrorists-in-bita\",\"name\":\"Borno: Nigerian troops neutralize scores of terrorists in Bita - 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