{"id":175574,"date":"2025-08-22T10:33:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T09:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/troops-repel-iswap-attack-in-borno-killing-two-commanders"},"modified":"2025-08-22T11:35:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T10:35:43","slug":"troops-repel-iswap-attack-in-borno-killing-two-commanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-repel-iswap-attack-in-borno-killing-two-commanders","title":{"rendered":"Troops Repel ISWAP Attack in Borno Killing Two Commanders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have repelled an attack by fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, in Wulgo, Borno State, killing at least seven insurgents, including two of their commanders.<\/p>\n<p>Security sources confirmed that the slain commanders were identified as Abu Nazir, the Munzir of Juye, and Abu Fatima, the Munzir of Koloram. Several other terrorists reportedly sustained injuries during the exchange of fire.<\/p>\n<p>The development was disclosed in a post on Thursday by security analyst, Zagazola Makama via X.<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed that the troops recovered four motorcycles from the attackers, though an armoured vehicle, MRAP, belonging to the military was set ablaze by the fleeing insurgents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe terrorists came heavily armed but were decisively engaged. We inflicted heavy casualties on them, including two of their senior commanders,\u201d a security source said.<\/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. Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have repelled an attack by fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, in Wulgo, Borno State, killing at least seven insurgents, including two of their commanders. Security sources confirmed that the slain commanders were identified as Abu Nazir, the Munzir of Juye, and Abu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":175573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[47,718,254,1665],"class_list":["post-175574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-borno","tag-iswap","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>Troops Repel ISWAP Attack in Borno Killing Two Commanders - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have repelled an attack by fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, i ...\" \/>\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\/troops-repel-iswap-attack-in-borno-killing-two-commanders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Troops Repel ISWAP Attack in Borno Killing Two Commanders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have repelled an attack by fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, i ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-repel-iswap-attack-in-borno-killing-two-commanders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-22T09:33:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-22T10:35:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755846503.897615.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"447\" \/>\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\/troops-repel-iswap-attack-in-borno-killing-two-commanders#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-repel-iswap-attack-in-borno-killing-two-commanders\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Troops Repel ISWAP Attack in Borno Killing Two Commanders\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-22T09:33:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-22T10:35:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-repel-iswap-attack-in-borno-killing-two-commanders\"},\"wordCount\":158,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-repel-iswap-attack-in-borno-killing-two-commanders#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755846503.897615.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Borno\",\"ISWAP\",\"Nigeria\",\"Troops\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-repel-iswap-attack-in-borno-killing-two-commanders#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-repel-iswap-attack-in-borno-killing-two-commanders\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/troops-repel-iswap-attack-in-borno-killing-two-commanders\",\"name\":\"Troops Repel ISWAP Attack in Borno Killing Two Commanders - 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