Nigerian safety forces have neutralised greater than 13,500 terrorists and rescued over 9,800 victims of abduction since President Bola Tinubu took workplace in Could 2023, the Minister of Data and Nationwide Orientation, Mohammed Idris, stated on Wednesday.
Talking at a press briefing in Abuja, Idris stated the rescued people, together with ladies and youngsters, had been reintegrated into their communities. He added that safety businesses had additionally arrested greater than 17,000 suspects throughout counter-terrorism operations.
“Our army and different safety businesses are successful the struggle on terrorism. The ends in the final two years of President Tinubu’s management are actual and memorable,” Idris stated.
The minister famous that 11,200 hostages had been freed in Nigeria’s North-West, whereas 124,000 insurgents and their households surrendered, handing over round 11,000 weapons to authorities. He additionally stated key terror leaders, together with Ali Kachala, Boderi, and Halilu Sububu, had been neutralised in current months.
Within the South-East, violent assaults have reportedly declined by about 80 %, whereas within the North-Central area, authorities have apprehended a number of suspects concerned in communal violence, Idris added.
Citing a March report from the World Terrorism Index, Idris stated Nigeria’s terrorism fee had dropped to its lowest degree in additional than a decade.
The federal government has additionally intensified efforts to grab and destroy unlawful arms, recovering over 5,000 military-grade rifles and dismantling 20 gun-running networks in current months.
Idris highlighted ongoing authorized proceedings towards terrorism suspects, together with Mahmud Muhammad Usman and Abubakar Abba, leaders of the Al-Qaeda-linked group Ansaru, arrested in July, and Khalid Al-Barnawi, accused of orchestrating the 2011 UN Constructing bombing in Abuja. A number of suspects linked to the June 2022 Owo Catholic Church assault and the June 2025 Yelwata bloodbath in Benue State are additionally going through trial.
“To date, 125 terrorists have been convicted, and lots of extra are going through trial. The Federal Authorities is not going to relent till the remnants of those hounds of dying are completely eliminated,” Idris stated.
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