{"id":18953,"date":"2026-04-13T09:27:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/nigerian-military-air-strike-hits-village-market\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T09:27:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:27:42","slug":"nigerian-military-air-strike-hits-village-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/nigerian-military-air-strike-hits-village-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian military air strike hits village market"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Civilian casualties are feared after a military air strike struck a village market in northeastern Nigeria, local media reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Between 30 and 200 people may have been killed when the air strike hit a weekly market in Jilli village, along the border between Borno and Yobe states, on Saturday evening, according to media reports, citing multiple local sources.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the victims were believed to be traders and buyers caught in the bombardment during peak trading hours.<\/p>\n<p>Media reports quoting witnesses said that the military had targeted suspected terrorists who allegedly visited the market to collect levies from traders.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Sunday, the Nigerian military confirmed conducting an air bombardment in the area, saying it killed &ldquo;scores of terrorists&rdquo; and destroyed their hideouts in follow-up air strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Ehimen Ejodame, spokesman for the Nigerian Air Force, said the strike was part of ongoing counter-terrorism operations targeting fleeing and regrouping militants after an earlier engagement that had weakened their positions in the area.<\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>&ldquo;The follow-up strikes were executed based on credible intelligence and in close coordination with ground forces to deny terrorists freedom of movement and prevent further attacks,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Nigerian military air strike hits village market<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Civilian casualties are feared after a military air strike struck a village market in northeastern Nigeria, local media reported on Sunday. Between 30 and 200 people may have been killed when the air strike hit a weekly market in Jilli village, along the border between Borno and Yobe states, on Saturday evening, according to media&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/nigerian-military-air-strike-hits-village-market\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Nigerian military air strike hits village market&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}