In a coordinated sting operation, Nigerian troops and other security forces have apprehended a well-known cult leader named Ifeanyi Rock in the southeastern region of Nigeria.
The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba made this known while briefing Journalists in Abuja on the ongoing military operations in different parts of the country.
General Buba said that “he was arrested with 10 of his combatants in Arochukwu in Abia State in Anambra State, South East, Nigeria.”
He noted that during the week under review, troops neutralised 140 and arrested 135 persons.
According to him, troops also arrested 18 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 76 kidnapped hostages.
The Director said that “in the South-South region of the country, troops denied the oil theft of the estimated sum of One Billion Seven Hundred and Fifty-One Million Eight Hundred and Eighty-Six Thousand Five Hundred and Fifty Naira (N1, 751,886, 550.00) only.”
He said troops also recovered 241 assorted weapons and 3,254 assorted ammunition.
According to him, the breakdown is as follows: 141 AK47 rifles, one PKT gun, 2 FN rifles, 17 fabricated rifles, 26 Dane guns, 13 pump action guns, 4 locally made pistols, one Beretta pistol, 2 bayonets and 42 AK47 magazines.
Others are 2,016 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 970 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 33 rounds of 7.62 x 54mm ammo, 76 rounds of 9mm ammo, 113 live cartridges, 2 baofeng radios, 3 vehicles, 31 motorcycles, 18 mobile phones and the sum of N79,052,150.00 and 19$ only amongst other items.
“Troops in the Niger Delta area discovered and destroyed 33 crude oil cooking ovens, 19 dugout pits, 41 boats, 70 drums, 22 storage tanks and 47 illegal refining sites.
“Other items recovered include 13 speedboats, one tricycle, 4 motorcycles, and 3 vehicles among others. Troops recovered 1,122,710 litres of stolen crude oil and 557,210 litres of illegally refined AGO.”
The military assures that it will defeat the terrorists on the battlefield and in their hiding places so that the country can flourish again.
The military has called upon citizens to consider themselves as an extension of the military and to refrain from enabling the proliferation of terrorism within our nation.
A minute of silence was observed for officers who lost their lives in defending the nation.
Lantana Nasir
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