Tinubu reports 13,000 terrorists neutralised in one year.

President Bola Tinubu announced that more than 13,000 terrorists had been eliminated in the previous year as part of intensified efforts to address insecurity across Nigeria.

The statement was made during his Democracy Day address to the nation on Friday.

He noted that Nigeria had shifted from routine military training exercises with international partners to more effective precision‑targeting operations against terrorist groups.

Tinubu cited a recent operation in Areje, Borno, where a command centre of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) was successfully degraded.

“We have moved from training with our allies, the United States, France and other European countries, to precision targeting,” he said. “In Areje, Borno State, we degraded ISWAP’s command centre. Terror‑related deaths are down by 81 per cent since 2015. Over 13,000 terrorists have been neutralised in the past year,” he added.

He also emphasized the federal government’s commitment to non‑kinetic approaches, offering opportunities for willing fighters to surrender and reintegrate into society.

According to the president, more than 124,000 insurgents and their dependants have laid down their arms since 2023 through the federal government’s Operation Safe Corridor programme.

“But we also keep the door of surrender open,” he said. “Over 124,000 fighters and dependants have laid down their arms since 2023 through Operation Safe Corridor.”

Tinubu warned bandits, kidnappers and sponsors of terrorism to embrace peace or face the full force of the law.

“To bandits, kidnappers and sponsors of terror: surrender or face the full force of the Nigerian state. These windows of surrender will not remain open forever. No mercy will be shown to those who trade in the blood of Nigerians,” he said.

The president urged Nigerians to remain united in the face of security challenges, stressing that criminality should not be viewed through ethnic or regional lenses.

“At a time like this, let us not assign blame or point fingers. Crime has no ethnicity. We must stand united and be assured that the enemies of our nation shall soon be history. We will triumph over terror and continue to build a more prosperous nation,” he said. (NAN)

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