President Bola Tinubu on Friday disclosed that over 13,000 terrorists had been killed in the past year alone.
He also revealed that terror-related deaths in Nigeria have declined by 81 per cent since 2015.
Tinubu stated this during his national address to mark Nigeria’s 27th Democracy Day celebration, his fourth since assuming office in 2023.
He said, “We have moved from training with our allies. the United States, France and other European countries, to precision targeting.
“In Arege, Borno State, we degraded ISWAP’s command centre.
“Terror-related deaths are down by 81 per cent since 2015. Over 13,000 terrorists have been neutralised in the past year.”
He linked the gains to a major fiscal commitment to security, noting that the 2026 budget allocates a record N5.41tn to defence, the country’s largest-ever security budget, alongside the recruitment of more than 50,000 new police officers and thousands of military recruits under a declared security emergency.
“Our administration is ever ready to do much more to secure our people,” he added.
