Nigeria’s security forces have eliminated 543 Boko Haram terrorists and recovered a staggering 11,000 weapons in the past two years, National Security Adviser Mallam Nuhu Ribadu revealed Thursday in a major progress report on the Tinubu administration’s counterterrorism successes.
The NSA made the disclosure at the APC National Summit marking President Tinubu’s second anniversary, highlighting dramatic security improvements since inheriting five active communal crises and a wave of high-profile terror attacks that shook the nation in 2022.
“For us to appreciate where we are today, it’s important to reflect on where we were before May 29,” Ribadu stated, recalling devastating assaults including the Abuja-Kaduna train bombing, Kuje Prison break, Owo church massacre, and Bwari military base attack that characterized the pre-Tinubu security landscape.
The NSA highlighted complete neutralization of 543 terrorist elements; massive arms recovery with 11,000 weapons seized and destroyed; Southeast stabilization through curbed IPOB/ESN activities; providing security in Niger Delta, with contained oil infrastructure sabotage and ongoing clearance operations in Tumbuktu Triangle and Tumbu islands as security milestones achieved by the Tinubu administration.
“It’s no small achievement that the present administration has decimated these inherited security challenges,” Ribadu emphasized, detailing how security forces have rolled back threats that once held entire regions hostage.
The NSA assured Nigerians of sustained operations to completely eliminate remaining insurgent holdouts, presenting the administration’s security record as one of measurable, operational successes against the country’s most pressing threats.
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