No fewer than 216 terrorists, bandits, kidnappers and other criminals disturbing the peace in the country were killed in one week, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said.
Director Defence Media Operations (DMO), Major General Edward Buba, who made this known, said the soldiers also arrested 332 terrorists, bandits, kidnappers, 24 oil thieves and rescued 161 kidnapped hostages.
Gen Buba, while assuring that the military would continue to be very kinetic and strong against the terrorists in ongoing operations across the country, vowed to banish and defeat terrorism from the nation rather than bow to it.
Buba, in a statement on the successes of military operations in the last one week, said:
“Troops neutralised 216 and arrested 332 persons. Troops also arrested 24 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 161 kidnapped hostages. In the South-South, troops denied the oil theft of the estimated sum of N448, 557, 590.
“Furthermore, troops recovered 234 assorted weapons and 5,994 assorted ammunition. The breakdown as follows: 131 AK47 rifles, three PKT guns, one M16 rifle, 43 locally fabricated gun, 21 dane guns, one 105mm gun, two automatic pump action guns, 18 locally fabricated pistols, eight single barrel guns, two automatic pump action guns, one LG4 bomb, one MG skeleton, 3 explosive IED case, one MOWAG APC, one 81mm mortar tripod stand
“Others are: 3,120 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 2,195 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 211 rounds of 9mm ammo, 99 rounds of 7.62 x 25mm ammo, 467 live cartridges, one rifle butt, 15 magazines, 2 baofeng radios, 10 vehicles, 38 motorcycles, 43 mobile phones and the sum of N871,500.00 amongst other items.
“Troops in the Niger Delta area discovered and destroyed 97 dugout pits, six boats, 20 storage tanks, two receivers, 16 drums and seven vehicles. Other items recovered include 174 cooking ovens, one pumping machine and 8 illegal refining sites. Troops recovered 533,127 litres of stolen crude oil and 24,520 litres of illegally refined AGO.
“Troops are maintaining the momentum in neutralizing the terrorist leaders and commanders. Indeed, we remain focused in fighting for the basic safety and security of citizens of this country.”
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