Authorities declare 24 fighters ‘neutralised’ round northeast Borno state and 30 armed males killed in northwest Katsina.
Nigeria’s navy and safety forces have killed dozens of armed males in separate operations within the northwest and the northeast of the nation, authorities have stated.
Safety forces killed no less than 30 gunmen after armed assaults within the restive northwest, Nasir Mua’zu, Katsina state’s commissioner for inside affairs, stated on Thursday.
He claimed “criminals” have been raiding three villages on Tuesday after they have been killed by authorities forces.
A joint police and navy operation was launched on Wednesday after a whole bunch of armed males attacked a number of villages, Mua’zu added in a press release.
He stated a civilian, two troopers and three policemen have been additionally killed.
“Our gallant safety forces efficiently repelled the attackers … Thirty of the criminals have been neutralised by coordinated air strikes as they tried to flee,” Mua’zu stated.
“We’re working tirelessly with federal safety businesses to make sure the protection of all residents.”
Individually, in Nigeria’s northeast, the navy “neutralised” 24 armed fighters in days of coordinated operations, a military assertion stated on Thursday.
TROOPS OF OPERATION HADIN KAI NEUTRALIZE 24 BOKO HARAM INSURGENTS AND RECOVER WEAPONS IN OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS BETWEEN 4 – 9 JULY 2025
In continuation of the sequence of coordinated offensive operations throughout the North East Theatre of operations, troops of Operation HADIN KAI… pic.twitter.com/8oTcecKGEw
— Nigerian Military (@HQNigerianArmy) July 10, 2025
Nigerian troops backed by air assist and native forces killed a number of fighters from Boko Haram and the ISIL affiliate in West Africa Province (ISWAP) in operations between July 4 and 9, the military wrote on X.
The operations have been carried out in restive Borno state and surrounding areas, stated the assertion by Reuben Kovangiya, a military spokesman for the navy operations.
“The neutralisation of 24 insurgents with shut air assist underscores the dedication, collaboration, and concerted efforts by the troops of OPHK [Operation Hadin Kai], to make sure terrorists are positioned on the again foot, thereby creating conducive setting for socioeconomic actions to thrive within the North East area,” Kovangiya stated.
Northeast Nigeria has confronted assaults for the reason that 2000s from armed gangs in addition to teams like Boko Haram and ISWAP.
The Boko Haram insurgency has killed some 35,000 civilians since 2009, and greater than two million folks have been displaced, in keeping with the United Nations.
In the meantime, within the central and northwest areas, prison gangs and banditry are rife.
Katsina is a part of an space that has for years been terrorised by gangs who stage lethal raids and kidnappings and burn houses after looting them.
The gangs preserve camps in forests straddling Zamfara, Katsina, and Kaduna states within the northwest, and Niger within the nation’s centre, and have carried out mass kidnappings of scholars from colleges.
Final month, state officers signed a peace pact with a dozen bandit leaders, hoping to deliver lasting respite forward of the planting season.
Nigerian authorities’ claims of lethal operations towards members of armed gangs have been disputed up to now.