Over 8000 Terrorists Neutralized in one Year-DHQ
…as troops Arrested Over 11000, Rescued over 6000
By Ewache Ajefu
The aggression of Nigerian troops across the various theatres of Operation since the beginning of the year culminated in neutralizing 8,034 terrorists, the Defence Headquarters has said.
This is just as within the period under review troops also arrested 11,623 and rescued 6,376 hostages.
Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba disclosed this in his bi-Weekly media briefing with Defence correspondents at the Defence Headquarters Thursday in Abuja.
General Buba also said troops have since the beginning of the year been confronted by different threats in five active theatres of operations across the country, namely; North East, North West, North Central, South South and South East.
He said troops adopted
a high level of alert and an increased state of readiness to protect the country from further terrorist aggression and insecurity.
Meanwhile, Buba said troops recovered 8,216 weapons, 211,459 ammunitions and denied the oil theft of an estimated sum over #57 bn (N57,052,218,551.00) only.
The breakdown of the recoveries are as follows: 4,053 AK47 rifles, 1,123 locally fabricated guns, 731 dane guns and 240 pump action guns. Others are; 120,247 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 41,515 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 5,373 cartridges, 1,940 assorted arms and 25,664 assorted ammunitions.
Additionally, troops recovered: 53,101,430 litres of stolen crude oil, 9,179,181 litres of illegally refined AGO and 90,595 litres of DPK. Others are; 156,095 litres of PMS amongst other items.
Overall, the military is keeping up the pressure through ongoing operations in the various theatres across the country. The military is through these operations, increasingly creating conditions in which terrorist can not carry out acts of terror or harm citizens.
On the whole, the armed forces is constantly examining ways to improve the effectiveness of its operations and guarantee the safety of citizens. Relatedly, operations are on an upward trajectory to winning the war.
