{"id":195247,"date":"2026-02-17T13:26:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T12:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/security-forces-defeat-boko-haram-sadiku-faction"},"modified":"2026-02-17T14:34:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:34:01","slug":"security-forces-defeat-boko-haram-sadiku-faction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/security-forces-defeat-boko-haram-sadiku-faction","title":{"rendered":"Security Forces Defeat Boko Haram Sadiku Faction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Suspected Boko Haram members of the Sadiku faction, have reportedly suffered heavy losses after a fierce clash with security forces.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Army troops ambushed the terrorist along the Luma Banana axis in Borgu, Niger State, killing several terrorists fighters.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened in the early hours of the morning when troops, acting on intelligence, stormed the terrorist\u2019s hideout.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources, \u201cthe terrorists were caught off guard as security operatives surrounded the area and opened fire\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The gun battle reportedly lasted for hours. Many fighters from the Sadiku faction were said to have been neutralized, while others fled into nearby bushes with injuries. Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Security officials described the operation as a major breakthrough in the ongoing fight against insurgency as the troops showed courage and professionalism during the encounter.<\/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. Suspected Boko Haram members of the Sadiku faction, have reportedly suffered heavy losses after a fierce clash with security forces. The Nigerian Army troops ambushed the terrorist along the Luma Banana axis in Borgu, Niger State, killing several terrorists fighters. The incident happened in the early hours of the morning when troops, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":195246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-195247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","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>Security Forces Defeat Boko Haram Sadiku Faction - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Suspected Boko Haram members of the Sadiku faction, have reportedly suffered heavy losses after a fierce clash with secu ...\" \/>\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\/security-forces-defeat-boko-haram-sadiku-faction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Security Forces Defeat Boko Haram Sadiku Faction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Suspected Boko Haram members of the Sadiku faction, have reportedly suffered heavy losses after a fierce clash with secu ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/security-forces-defeat-boko-haram-sadiku-faction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-17T12:26:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-17T13:34:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771335130.173518.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\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=\"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\/security-forces-defeat-boko-haram-sadiku-faction#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/security-forces-defeat-boko-haram-sadiku-faction\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Security Forces Defeat Boko Haram Sadiku Faction\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-17T12:26:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-17T13:34:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/security-forces-defeat-boko-haram-sadiku-faction\"},\"wordCount\":158,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/security-forces-defeat-boko-haram-sadiku-faction#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771335130.173518.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/security-forces-defeat-boko-haram-sadiku-faction#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/security-forces-defeat-boko-haram-sadiku-faction\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/security-forces-defeat-boko-haram-sadiku-faction\",\"name\":\"Security Forces Defeat Boko Haram Sadiku Faction - 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