The Nigerian troops have neutralised 1,937 terrorists, arrested 2,782 suspected terrorists and other criminal elements as well as rescued 1,854 kidnapped hostages in the third quarter of this year.
The Director Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba made this known while briefing Journalists on ongoing military operations in different parts of the country in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.
General Buba said that ‘troops recovered 1,304 weapons, 43,347 ammunitions and denied the oil theft of an estimated sum over N13 Billion (N13,081,605,534.00) only’.
According to him, the breakdown for the period includes and is not limited to the following: 688 AK47 rifles, 32,945 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 9,677 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 191 assorted arms and 8,292 assorted ammo.
Others are 12,143,870 litres of stolen crude oil, 2,623,216 litres of illegally refined AGO, 6,970 litres of DPK and 31,450 litres of PMS.
Accordingly, the nation’s daily crude oil production output is at an all-time high with the na
tion’s daily target in sight.
According to him, overall, during the third quarter of the year, troops of OP HADIN KAI neutralised 792 terrorists, arrested 606 suspects and rescued 476 kidnapped hostages.
Additionally, troops recorded a total of 7,283 surrendered BH/ISWAP terrorists combatants and their families.
Source: Voice of Nigeria