{"id":197407,"date":"2026-03-23T03:21:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T02:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/troops-crush-terrorists-in-sambisa-forest"},"modified":"2026-03-23T04:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:39:18","slug":"troops-crush-terrorists-in-sambisa-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-crush-terrorists-in-sambisa-forest","title":{"rendered":"Troops crush terrorists in Sambisa Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI has struck terrorists\u2019 enclave in the Sambisa forest in Borno state, killing many insurgents.<\/p>\n<p>According to a counter-insurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, the mission was launched based on credible intelligence indicating heightened insurgent activity around the Parisu axis deep within the forest.<\/p>\n<p>Makama stated that at about 9:00 p.m. on March 20, an air asset was deployed to conduct an armed reconnaissance and interdiction operation over the target area.<\/p>\n<p>It added that upon arrival, the platform established visual contact with suspected Boko Haram fighters moving in a coordinated and tactical manner.<\/p>\n<p>The source reiterated that further surveillance showed the insurgents converging on a concealed structure camouflaged under dense vegetation.<\/p>\n<p>Makama revealed that while maintaining persistent over watch, the aircrew trailed the movement to the hideout and executed a precision strike.<\/p>\n<p>The strike was delivered with high accuracy, destroying the structure and neutralising multiple terrorists on site.<\/p>\n<p>Battle Damage Assessment, BDA, conducted after the strike revealed that several insurgents fled from adjoining hideouts in disarray, attempting to escape deeper into the forest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaintaining pressure, the air platform tracked the fleeing elements and conducted a follow-up strike on another identified hideout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe second engagement further degraded the terrorists\u2019 capabilities, destroying additional targets and forcing surviving fighters into chaotic retreat,\u201d the source added.<\/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 Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI has struck terrorists\u2019 enclave in the Sambisa forest in Borno state, killing many insurgents. According to a counter-insurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, the mission was launched based on credible intelligence indicating heightened insurgent activity around the Parisu axis deep [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":197406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-197407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","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 crush terrorists in Sambisa Forest - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI has struck terrorists\u2019 enclave in the Sambisa forest in Borno state, killing ma ...\" \/>\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-crush-terrorists-in-sambisa-forest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Troops crush terrorists in Sambisa Forest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI has struck terrorists\u2019 enclave in the Sambisa forest in Borno state, killing ma ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-crush-terrorists-in-sambisa-forest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-23T02:21:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-23T03:39:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774237092.041637.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"960\" \/>\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\/all-news\/troops-crush-terrorists-in-sambisa-forest#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-crush-terrorists-in-sambisa-forest\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Troops crush terrorists in Sambisa Forest\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-23T02:21:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-23T03:39:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-crush-terrorists-in-sambisa-forest\"},\"wordCount\":240,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-crush-terrorists-in-sambisa-forest#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/sm_1774237092.041637.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-crush-terrorists-in-sambisa-forest#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-crush-terrorists-in-sambisa-forest\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/troops-crush-terrorists-in-sambisa-forest\",\"name\":\"Troops crush terrorists in Sambisa Forest - 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