{"id":99378,"date":"2022-09-18T21:46:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-18T20:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=99378"},"modified":"2022-09-18T21:46:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-18T20:46:31","slug":"nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Air Force bombs terrorists during naming ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Scores of fighters including relatives of notorious terror kingpin, Bello Turji, have been killed in an air raid carried out by the Nigerian Air Force over the weekend in Zamfara State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The raid which according to reports was largely successful, was conducted around Turji\u2019s hideout in the Fakai community of Shinkafi Local Government Area of the state on Saturday afternoon.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The terrorists who were attending the naming ceremony of a child at Turji\u2019s house, were caught unawares by the air bombardment.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">An Air Force source at the Forward Operation Base in neighbouring Katsina, who asked not to be named as he was not authorised to speak with the media, also confirmed the raid.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to the senior officer, Turji&#8217;s whereabouts remained unknown as at Sunday, while other sources alleged that he escaped with serious injuries.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Also speaking on the incident, a former Councillor in the Fakai community, who spoke to journalists on condition of anonymity, said the terrorists were inside an uncompleted mosque when the soldiers struck.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI left the community for some personal business in Shinkafi around 1:58 p.m but didn\u2019t reach my destination when I started receiving calls that the community was under attack. My family thought it was bandits that were attacking but then they called to say it was the air force. I could hear the roaring of the jets,&#8221; he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He further claimed that Turji was not in the town during the attack, and that majority of those killed were his fighters who were inside the Mosque at the time.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cIf he (Mr Turji) is in the town, everyone knows because you\u2019ll see his fighters with sophisticated weapons protecting his house. The naming was conducted in the morning while the normal women\u2019s event was yet to start in the evening,\u201d he added.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Another resident told newsmen that the military offensive &#8220;was very deadly. I saw the bandits running while we were trying to hide outside the community. Everyone was confused but thanks to God that the jets didn\u2019t stay for long, it would have affected some of us, innocent residents&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Meanwhile, spokesperson for Air Force Forward Operation Base in Katsina, Abdul Olaitan, had not responded to the incident as at the time of writing this report.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The raid was carried out by the officers from Operation Forest Sanity and air components of Operation Hadarin Daji using Mi 17 and Alpha jet, while another aircraft provided surveillance throughout the offensive, a senior personnel informed.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Turji is notorious for leading his terror group to carry out attacks on communities within the North West region, killing many and kidnapping others for ransome.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Recently in August, the Zamfara State Government claimed that Turji had repented and promised to no longer carry out attacks.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scores of fighters including relatives of notorious terror kingpin, Bello Turji, have been killed in an air raid carried out by the Nigerian Air Force over the weekend in Zamfara&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigerian Air Force bombs terrorists during naming ceremony - Pointblank News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigerian Air Force bombs terrorists during naming ceremony - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Scores of fighters including relatives of notorious terror kingpin, Bello Turji, have been killed in an air raid carried out by the Nigerian Air Force over the weekend in Zamfara&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-18T20:46:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nigerian-Air-Force-fighter-jets.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"421\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"headline\":\"Nigerian Air Force bombs terrorists during naming ceremony\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-18T20:46:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/\"},\"wordCount\":469,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nigerian-Air-Force-fighter-jets.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/\",\"name\":\"Nigerian Air Force bombs terrorists during naming ceremony - Pointblank News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nigerian-Air-Force-fighter-jets.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-18T20:46:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nigerian-Air-Force-fighter-jets.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nigerian-Air-Force-fighter-jets.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":421},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Nigerian Air Force bombs terrorists during naming ceremony\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\",\"name\":\"Pointblank News\",\"description\":\"Just the news\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\",\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Our Reporter\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nigerian Air Force bombs terrorists during naming ceremony - Pointblank News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nigerian Air Force bombs terrorists during naming ceremony - Pointblank News","og_description":"Scores of fighters including relatives of notorious terror kingpin, Bello Turji, have been killed in an air raid carried out by the Nigerian Air Force over the weekend in Zamfara&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/","og_site_name":"Pointblank News","article_published_time":"2022-09-18T20:46:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":421,"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nigerian-Air-Force-fighter-jets.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Our Reporter","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Our Reporter","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/"},"author":{"name":"Our Reporter","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"headline":"Nigerian Air Force bombs terrorists during naming ceremony","datePublished":"2022-09-18T20:46:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/"},"wordCount":469,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nigerian-Air-Force-fighter-jets.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/","name":"Nigerian Air Force bombs terrorists during naming ceremony - Pointblank News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nigerian-Air-Force-fighter-jets.jpg","datePublished":"2022-09-18T20:46:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nigerian-Air-Force-fighter-jets.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Nigerian-Air-Force-fighter-jets.jpg","width":640,"height":421},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-air-force-bombs-terrorists-during-naming-ceremony\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nigerian Air Force bombs terrorists during naming ceremony"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/","name":"Pointblank News","description":"Just the news","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c","name":"Our Reporter","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Our Reporter"},"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}