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Defence Chief Credits Security Agencies for Nigerian Military’s Recent Gains Against Terrorists

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  • Chief of Defence Staff General Olufemi Oluyede credited cooperation among the military, police, Department of State Services and local security groups for recent operational gains.
  • The military reported operations from August 31 to September 3 that targeted terrorism, kidnapping and secessionist agitation, including arrests of suspected terrorist collaborators and the surrender of fighters and their families.
  • Oluyede said terrorist attacks had declined sharply, although kidnappings had increased, while the military continued intelligence operations against logistics suppliers, informants and spies.

Nigeria’s military says its recent gains against terrorists have depended on cooperation with other security agencies, including the police, the Department of State Services, local security groups and other stakeholders.

Chief of Defence Staff General Olufemi Oluyede credited that collaboration, along with coordination among the armed forces’ three services, for progress across the country’s operational theatres. In a television interview monitored by THISDAY, he said terrorist attacks had declined sharply, although kidnappings had taken their place as a major threat.

Oluyede also praised troops for continuing to neutralize terrorists, rescue abducted citizens, receive fighters and their families who surrender, and dismantle criminal and secessionist networks. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Michael Onoja, said the armed forces conducted operations nationwide between August 31 and September 3 against terrorism, kidnapping and secessionist agitation.

The Armed Forces of Nigeria sustained their kinetic operations across all theatres of operations nationwide between August 31 and September 3, 2026.

· Michael OnojaThe Defence Media Operations director described the period covered by the military’s reported operations.

The military said it had intensified intelligence operations against terrorist collaborators, spies and logistics suppliers, arresting at least seven suspected spies and profiling surrendered extremists and their families. In Borno State, troops intercepted an escapee who had fled captivity because of hunger and hardship near Sabsawa in Bama Local Government Area. They also arrested a suspect transporting food to a terrorist enclave and detained a suspected former fighter who had become an informant.

The military said several fighters surrendered between September 1 and 2. On September 2, 21 women and children surrendered at Mafa in Dikwa Local Government Area, citing clashes between rival terrorist factions within the Yaganari enclave. Onoja also said troops intercepted another escapee near Amu. He praised the media for professional and balanced reporting of military operations.

It recorded several successes in the continued campaign against terrorism, kidnapping and secessionist agitation.

· Michael OnojaThe statement summarized the military’s stated operational results.
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