{"id":176010,"date":"2025-08-25T11:22:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/troops-repel-iswap-raid-in-borno-inflicting-casualties"},"modified":"2025-08-25T12:25:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T11:25:18","slug":"troops-repel-iswap-raid-in-borno-inflicting-casualties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-repel-iswap-raid-in-borno-inflicting-casualties","title":{"rendered":"Troops Repel ISWAP Raid in Borno Inflicting Casualties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Nigerian Army troops under Operation HADIN KAI have repelled an overnight attack by suspected ISWAP terrorists on Gajigana town in Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno State.<\/p>\n<p>Sources told Zagazola Makama that the terrorists stormed the community around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, targeting a Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) duty post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a fierce exchange of gunfire between the terrorists and a combined team of troops who responded promptly to reinforce the defence of the town,\u201d a military source disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attack was successfully repelled, with the terrorists suffering unspecified casualties as blood was observed in their withdrawal routes, while normalcy has since been restored,\u201d the source added.<\/p>\n<p>During the confrontation, one CJTF operative, identified as Mr. Bulama Ngala, aged 45, sustained injuries from stray bullets.<\/p>\n<p>Another source explained, \u201che was immediately evacuated to General Hospital, Gajigana, where he is responding positively to treatment.\u201d<\/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. Nigerian Army troops under Operation HADIN KAI have repelled an overnight attack by suspected ISWAP terrorists on Gajigana town in Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno State. Sources told Zagazola Makama that the terrorists stormed the community around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, targeting a Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) duty post. \u201cThere [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":176009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[47,718,254],"class_list":["post-176010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-borno","tag-iswap","tag-nigeria"],"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 Raid in Borno Inflicting Casualties - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nigerian Army troops under Operation HADIN KAI have repelled an overnight attack by suspected ISWAP terrorists on Gajiga ...\" \/>\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\/all-news\/troops-repel-iswap-raid-in-borno-inflicting-casualties\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Troops Repel ISWAP Raid in Borno Inflicting Casualties\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nigerian Army troops under Operation HADIN KAI have repelled an overnight attack by suspected ISWAP terrorists on Gajiga ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-repel-iswap-raid-in-borno-inflicting-casualties\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-25T10:22:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-25T11:25:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756108664.784591.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1144\" \/>\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\/all-news\/troops-repel-iswap-raid-in-borno-inflicting-casualties#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-repel-iswap-raid-in-borno-inflicting-casualties\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Troops Repel ISWAP Raid in Borno Inflicting Casualties\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-25T10:22:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-25T11:25:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-repel-iswap-raid-in-borno-inflicting-casualties\"},\"wordCount\":164,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-repel-iswap-raid-in-borno-inflicting-casualties#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756108664.784591.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Borno\",\"ISWAP\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-repel-iswap-raid-in-borno-inflicting-casualties#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-repel-iswap-raid-in-borno-inflicting-casualties\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-repel-iswap-raid-in-borno-inflicting-casualties\",\"name\":\"Troops Repel ISWAP Raid in Borno Inflicting Casualties - 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