Khadijat Yusuf
Abuja
The Defence headquarters says troops have arrested several notorious kidnappers in the North western part of the country, amongst us a notorious gun runners identified as Mohammed Musa (aka Mamman) who was arrested in Plateau State.
The Director Defence Media Operations Major-General Edward Buba in a press statement said all efforts of the military are aimed at degrading terrorist wherever they are hibernating or hiding.
General Buba said troops continued their onslaught and aggression against terrorist across the various theatres of operation in the country. Adding that Fighting was intense in the North West theatre with dry season operations fully on course.
The Director Ops disclosed that during the week under review, troops neutralised 181 and arrested 203 persons, arrested 50 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 161 kidnapped hostages. He added that in the SS, troops denied the oil theft of the estimated sum of Seven Hundred and Twenty Eight Million Two Hundred and Ninty Seven Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty Naira (N728,297,650.00) only.
Furthermore, troops recovered 228 assorted weapons and 6,749 assorted ammunition. 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 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," he said.
Gen. Buba disclosed that 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.
General Buba however assured of Troops continuous act with tremendous force to ensure the terrorist and their cohorts are completely destroyed, while also continuing to create an atmosphere in which citizens live in peace and are safe from acts of terror.
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