Nigerian troops have arrested 76 terrorists while 43 terrorists were neutalised in the South South geopolitical zone
In a statement, the Director Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba who made this known disclosed that “Troops also arrested 29 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 27 kidnapped hostages”.
According to him, in the South South region, troops denied oil theft of the estimated sum of one hundred and thirty one million one hundred and one thousand seven hundred and fifty naira.
He further said that troops recovered 81 assorted weapons and 2,150 assorted ammunition.
The breakdown as follows: “One NSVT AA gun, one GPMG, one PKMG, 36 AK47 rifles, one RPG 7 tube, 2 AGL bombs, 4 pump action guns, 4 locally fabricated guns, 8 dane guns, 3 shotguns, one cut-to-short dane gun, 2 beretta pistols, one damaged AK47 rifle, 2 RPG chargers, wooden stock of AK47 rifles, LMG magazine, 8 bandoliers and 42 magazines.
“Others are: 272 belted rounds of 7.62 x 51mm, 268 rounds of 7.62 x 54mm, 557 rounds of 7.62 x 39mm special, 1000 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 3 rounds of 12.7 x 108mm, 6 rounds of 9mm ammo, one AA ammo, 74 live cartridges, empty cases of 7.62mm special ammo, 2 vehicles, 25 motorcycles, 21 mobile phones, 6 baofeng radios and the sum of N1,266,920.00 only amongst other items.”
General Buba added that “Troops in the Niger Delta area discovered and destroyed 7 dugout pits, 13 boats, 23 storage tanks, 2 barges, 4 vehicles”.
“Other items recovered include 15 cooking ovens, 2 pump machines and 16 illegal refining sites. Troops recovered 139,045 litres of stolen crude oil, 25,115 litres of illegally refined AGO and 5,200 litres of DPK.
“The Armed Forces will always be mindful of the threat by kidnapping gangs and terrorists across the country”.
According to him, the military will continually review internal processes in order to deal with these threats both now and in the long term.
“The military is determined to give the situation the seriousness it deserves so as to create a safer environment for citizens.”
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