{"id":177758,"date":"2025-09-05T07:03:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/naf-airstrikes-kill-over-15-terrorists-in-borno"},"modified":"2025-09-05T08:31:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T07:31:01","slug":"naf-airstrikes-kill-over-15-terrorists-in-borno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/naf-airstrikes-kill-over-15-terrorists-in-borno","title":{"rendered":"NAF airstrikes kill over 15 terrorists in Borno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has announced that airstrikes carried out by Operation Hadin Kai neutralised more than 15 terrorists in Borno State.<\/p>\n<p>NAF spokesman, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, disclosed this in a statement, which revealed that the mission was executed on September 3, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ejodame, the operation followed credible intelligence and surveillance which revealed a newly identified terrorist enclave west of Zuwa in the Sambisa general area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA carefully planned and executed air interdiction mission struck the hideouts harboring fighters and commanders responsible for recent hostilities around Bitta,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the strikes destroyed key structures critical to the terrorists\u2019 operations, crippling their capacity to launch further attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Ejodame further stressed that the successful air interdiction serves to support efforts of ground troops in joint counter terrorism operations aimed at dismantling terrorist networks in the North-East.<\/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) has announced that airstrikes carried out by Operation Hadin Kai neutralised more than 15 terrorists in Borno State. NAF spokesman, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, disclosed this in a statement, which revealed that the mission was executed on September 3, 2025. 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