Nigerian President: 13,000 Terrorists Killed

TT

Published 11.59

 

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu last week. Photo: Sunday Alamba/AP/TT

More than 13,000 terrorists have been killed in Nigeria in the past year, President Bola Tinubu said.

Nigeria's northern regions are plagued by conflicts with jihadist groups and other criminal gangs that carry out mass kidnappings, among other things.

In his televised speech, the president did not specify whether his task applies to the year 2025 or the past 12 months.

In November last year, he declared a national security emergency to deal with a wave of kidnappings and violence.

Tens of thousands of people have been killed and millions have been forced to flee since the extremist group Boko Haram began its insurgency in 2009. Several other armed groups have been formed in the years since.