{"id":32360,"date":"2026-06-12T12:33:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/?p=32360"},"modified":"2026-06-12T12:33:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:33:40","slug":"tinubu-claims-13000-terrorists-killed-but-nigeria-faces-deepening-security-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/?p=32360","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Claims 13,000 Terrorists Killed, but Nigeria Faces Deepening Security Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/youdonhear.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e36320c0-6403-11f1-aa5c-5fd45cb1088c-xQDEAN.jpg?resize=240%2C135&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32229\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nigeria&#8217;s military has &#8220;neutralised&#8221; more than 13,000 terrorists over the past year, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said, touting significant gains in the country&#8217;s fight against insurgency and armed violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a televised address marking Democracy Day on Friday, Tinubu stated that fatalities linked to armed rebel activity have fallen by 81 percent since he assumed office in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president also highlighted progress under Operation Safe Corridor, a government-backed deradicalisation and reintegration initiative. According to Tinubu, &#8220;124,000 fighters and dependants have laid down their arms since 2023 through Operation Safe Corridor,&#8221; which is designed to rehabilitate repentant militants who voluntarily surrender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The address commemorated Nigeria&#8217;s Democracy Day, observed annually to mark the end of years of military rule and the country&#8217;s return to democratic governance in 1999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the president&#8217;s optimistic assessment, Nigeria continues to grapple with a worsening security crisis. Armed groups linked to ISIL (ISIS) and al-Qaeda, alongside heavily armed criminal gangs, have continued to carry out deadly attacks and mass kidnappings for ransom across several parts of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The persistent violence underscores the ongoing challenge facing Africa&#8217;s second-largest economy, even as the government points to recent military successes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria&rsquo;s military has &ldquo;neutralised&rdquo; more than 13,000 terrorists over the past year, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said, touting significant gains in the country&rsquo;s fight against insurgency and armed violence. In a televised address marking Democracy Day on Friday, Tinubu stated that fatalities linked to armed rebel activity have fallen by 81 percent since he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32363,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32360\/revisions\/32363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}