Yellow Jambros, 7 Other Terrorist Commanders Surrender to Nigeria Military.
….As troops neutralise 135, arrested 185 persons.
By Ewache Ajefu
The ongoing Military Operations against terror have continued to yield positive results as more than eight(8) terrorist Leaders and Commanders have surrendered to the superior fire power of the Nigeria Military, Defence Headquarters has said.
In the new twist, notable terrorist that have surrendered include but not limited to Yellow Jambros, Alhaji Mallam, Ardo Idi(Alhaji Lawal ), Lawal Kwalba, Salkado, Yellow Ibrahim, Gana’e and Babangida among others.
Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba in a statement made available to Business Africa Digest on Friday said
several terrorist leaders, commanders and combatants have so far surrendered with more indicating interest to surrender.
“Troops have began to record surrendering of terrorist in the North Central operational theatres. These surrenderings were occassioned by overtures from the terrorist leadership based on troops onslaught against them. Therefore, a non kinetic collaborative effort with stakeholders was deployed to encourage the surrendering process”, he said.
He noted that within the week under review, troops neutralised 135 and arrested 185 persons.
According to him, Troops also arrested 61 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 129 kidnapped hostages. In the South South operational theatre, troops denied the oil theft of the estimated sum of Eight Hundred and Eighty Nine Million Two Hundred and Thirty Three Thousand Twenty Naira (N889,233,020.00) only.
Furthermore, troops recovered 113 assorted weapons and 2,415 assorted ammunition. The breakdown as follows: 72 AK47 rifles, 11 fabricated rifles, 15 dane guns, 3 locally made pistols, 8 pump action guns, 4 hand grenades, one RPG bomb and tube.
Others are: 1,554 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 380 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 203 rounds of 7.62 x 39mm ammo, 129 live cartridges, 28 shotgun cartridges, 500 empty case of MG ammo, 30 rounds of 7.62 x 54mm ammo, 49 rounds of 5.7mm ammo, 165 live cartridges, 10 rounds of 9mm ammo, 38 magazines, 2 baofeng radios, 3 handheld radios, 2 baofeng radios, 15 vehicles, 46 motorcycles, 28 mobile phones and the sum of N732,000.00 only amongst other items.
Troops in the Niger Delta area discovered and destroyed 93 crude oil cooking ovens, 12 dugout pits, 37 boats, 127 drums, 41 storage tanks and 82 illegal refining sites. Other items recovered include one outboard engine, 4 speedboats, 3 HH radios, 4 motorcycles, 5 mobile phones and 14 vehicles. Troops recovered 909,800 litres of stolen crude oil, 71,060 litres of illegally refined AGO and 13,580 litres of PMS.
Overall, troops will continue to find innovative solutions in tackling the myriad of security challenges confronting the nation. We remain in a winning position in the war.
