Nigerian troops have neutralized 210 and arrested 142 of terrorists from different parts of the country this week.
In a statement, the Director Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba who made this known said that “Troops also arrested 66 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 46 kidnapped hostages”.
According to him, in the South South region of the country, troops denied the oil theft of the estimated sum of two billion two hundred and seventy-five million four hundred and fifty-one thousand and six hundred naira (N2,275,451,600.00) only.
Furthermore, troops recovered 243 assorted weapons and 5,453 assorted ammunitions.
The breakdown as follows: 2 GPMGs, 3 G3 rifles, 115 AK47 rifles, 42 locally fabricated guns, 16 pump action guns, 12 locally fabricated pistols, 34 dane guns, 2 pistols, 3 fabricated revolver gun, 3 automatic single barrel guns, 2 double barrel guns, 2 locally made short guns, 4 hand grenades and
Others are: 2,699 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 1,558 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 339 rounds of 9mm ammo, 22 rounds of 5.64mm ammo, 121 rounds of 7.62 x 54mm ammo, 468 live cartridges, 34 magazines, 5 HH Baofeng radios, 18 vehicle, 26 motorcycles and 34 mobile phones amongst other items.
General Buba noted that troops in the Niger Delta area discovered and discovered and destroyed 63 dugout pits, 46 boats and 120 storage tanks.
Other items recovered include 100 cooking ovens, 3 outboard engines, 11 pumping machines, 23 vehicles, 2 tricycles, 6 mobile phones, one generator and 81 illegal refining sites.
He said that “Troops recovered 1,932,245 liters of stolen crude oil, 432,150 liters of illegally refined AGO and 3,500 liters of DPK.
“The military will continue to defeat the terrorist and their cohorts in the battlefield and dislodge them from the safe havens across the country.
“Even as the Ramadan is about to commence, troops are ready as a formidable force for the threats and know how to deal with them.“
Comments are closed.