Nigeria killed more than 13,000 ‘terrorists’ in past year, president says
Key takeaways
- President Tinubu takes victorious tone despite recent mass kidnappings by armed groups across the country.
- In a televised national address on Friday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said the death toll from Nigeria’s fight against armed rebels is down 81 percent since he took power in 2023.
- Tinubu’s speech was in commemoration of Nigeria’s Democracy Day, which marks the end of several years of military rule and the restoration of democracy in 1999.
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President Tinubu takes victorious tone despite recent mass kidnappings by armed groups across the country.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Nigeria President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, left, and Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Idi Abbas attend the 70th anniversary celebrations of the Nigeria Navy at the Eko Atlantic waterfront in Lagos, Nigeria, on June 1, 2026 [File: Sunday Alamba/AP]By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 12 Jun 202612 Jun 2026Nigeria’s military has “neutralised” more than 13,000 “terrorists” in the past year, the president says, as armed groups and criminal gangs continue to carry out mass attacks and kidnappings in the country.
In a televised national address on Friday, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said the death toll from Nigeria’s fight against armed rebels is down 81 percent since he took power in 2023.