{"id":179137,"date":"2025-09-16T17:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T16:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/naf-airstrikes-kill-iswap-commanders-in-borno"},"modified":"2025-09-16T19:02:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T18:02:21","slug":"naf-airstrikes-kill-iswap-commanders-in-borno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-airstrikes-kill-iswap-commanders-in-borno","title":{"rendered":"NAF Airstrikes Kill ISWAP Commanders in Borno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Nigerian soldiers have killed 11 fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) during separate clashes in Borno and Adamawa states, the army said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the first clash happened on September 15 when troops on patrol along the Baga\u2013Cross Kauwa road in Kukawa, Borno State, were ambushed by insurgents who set off a bomb and opened fire.<\/p>\n<p>The soldiers responded quickly, fought back with heavier firepower, and forced the terrorists to flee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe troops\u2019 swift response forced the terrorists to retreat. Follow-up reports confirmed that eight terrorists were neutralised, including two Munzirs and one Qaid.<\/p>\n<p>Eight of them were killed on the spot, including two field commanders known as Munzirs and another leader called Qaid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were identified as Modu Dogo Munzir of Dogon Chukun, an unidentified Munzir, and Abu Aisha Qaid of Tumbun Mota, while several others sustained gunshot wounds,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate encounter at Umbo village in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State, troops also killed more terrorists, bringing the total to 11.<\/p>\n<p>The army said its men seized 14 motorcycles, AK-47 rifles with loaded magazines, several rounds of ammunition, anti-aircraft equipment, blankets, and different kinds of drugs during the operations.<\/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 soldiers have killed 11 fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) during separate clashes in Borno and Adamawa states, the army said on Tuesday. According to the statement, the first clash happened on September 15 when troops on patrol along the Baga\u2013Cross Kauwa road in Kukawa, Borno State, were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":179135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[47,718,898,254],"class_list":["post-179137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-borno","tag-iswap","tag-naf","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>NAF Airstrikes Kill ISWAP Commanders in Borno - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nigerian soldiers have killed 11 fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) during separate clashes in B ...\" \/>\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-airstrikes-kill-iswap-commanders-in-borno\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NAF Airstrikes Kill ISWAP Commanders in Borno\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nigerian soldiers have killed 11 fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) during separate clashes in B ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-airstrikes-kill-iswap-commanders-in-borno\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-16T16:53:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-16T18:02:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1758033327.586125.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=\"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\/naf-airstrikes-kill-iswap-commanders-in-borno#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-airstrikes-kill-iswap-commanders-in-borno\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NAF Airstrikes Kill ISWAP Commanders in Borno\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-16T16:53:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-16T18:02:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-airstrikes-kill-iswap-commanders-in-borno\"},\"wordCount\":219,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-airstrikes-kill-iswap-commanders-in-borno#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1758033327.586125.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Borno\",\"ISWAP\",\"NAF\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-airstrikes-kill-iswap-commanders-in-borno#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-airstrikes-kill-iswap-commanders-in-borno\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/naf-airstrikes-kill-iswap-commanders-in-borno\",\"name\":\"NAF Airstrikes Kill ISWAP Commanders in Borno - 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