The Nigerian Armed Forces have stated that Troops will continue to act with tremendous force to ensure that terrorists and their cohorts are completely destroyed. It further said troops will also continue to create an atmosphere in which citizens live in peace and are safe from acts of terror.
Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba made this known on Friday 13th December, 2024 during a Press Conference at the Defence Headquarters on the ongoing Military operations by the Armed Forces across the Nation.
According to him, Troops continued their onslaught and aggression against terrorists across the various theatres of operation in the country. He highlighted that fighting was intense in the North West theatre with dry season operations fully on course.
He declared that several notorious kidnappers and a notorious gun runners identified as Mohammed Musa (aka Mamman) was arrested in Plateau State, among others. He hinted that all efforts are aimed at degrading terrorists wherever they may be hibernating or hiding.
He also said during the week under review, troops neutralised 181 and arrested 203 persons. He said troops also arrested 50 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 161 kidnapped hostages. In the SS, troops denied the oil theft of the estimated sum of Seven Hundred and Twenty Eight Million Two Hundred and Ninety Seven Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty Naira (N728,297,650.00) only.
He averred that troops were also able to recover 228 assorted weapons and 6,749 assorted ammunition and gave the breakdown as follows: 4 GPMGs, 3 G3 rifles, 85 AK47 rifles, 38 fabricated rifles, 36 dane guns, 12 FN rifles, 3 fabricated revolver pistol, 24 locally made pistols, 16 pump action guns, 2 single barrel guns, one berretta pistol, 4 hand grenades, 3 IEDs and 63 magazines.
Others he said are: 2,891 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 1,354 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 586 rounds of 7.62 x 51mm ammo, 821 rounds of 7.62 x 39mm ammo, 12 rounds of 5.56mm ammo, 409 rounds of 7.62mm PKT ammo, 32 rounds of 7.62 x 54mm PKT ammo, 21 rounds of 9mm ammo, 618 live cartridges, 1,146 assorted empty cases of ammo, 3 bandoliers, 4 baofeng radios, 15 vehicles, 33 motorcycles, 42 mobile phones and the sum of N577,800.00 only amongst other items.
In his words “Troops in the Niger Delta area discovered and destroyed 25 crude oil cooking ovens, 10 dugout pits, 38 boats, 44 storage tanks and 47 illegal refining sites. Other items recovered include 6 speedboats, 3 receivers, 48 drums, 3 motorcycles, one mobile phone and 12 vehicles among others. Troops recovered 765,680 litres of stolen crude oil and 86,725 litres of illegally refined AGO”
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