A Nigerian security official speaks about criminal charges against alleged plotters in a formal office environment.
President Bola Tinubu says Nigerian security forces have neutralized more than 13,000 terrorists over the past year and recorded significant progress in counterinsurgency operations. Tinubu also claimed that deaths linked to the insurgency have fallen by 81% and that, since he assumed office in 2023, more than 124,000 fighters and their dependents have surrendered through the government’s deradicalization initiative, Operation Safe Corridor. Nigeria has battled a deadly insurgency across its northern regions since 2009, when Boko Haram launched its violent uprising. The insurgency has since expanded to include Islamic State-linked groups, criminal bandit networks, kidnappers, farmer-herder conflicts, and separatist unrest. Despite the reported gains, insecurity remains widespread, with violence affecting several regions and increasingly reaching areas that were previously believed to be safe.
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