Defence Headquarters (DHQ), has said troops on internal operations across the country killed 212 terrorists, arrested 252 and rescued 244 kidnap hostages in one week.
The director, defence media operations, major general Edward Buba, who stated this during the biweekly briefing in Abuja said the troops also arrested 29 suspected oil thieves and recovered stolen products worth N1,050,715,260.00.
He said the troops recovered 223 assorted weapons and 2,756 assorted ammunition within the week under review.
He gave a breakdown of recovered weapons as follows: three M56 rifles, 115 AK47 rifles, three PKT gun, 24 locally fabricated gun, 36 dane guns, seven locally fabricated pistols, one fabricated revolver pistol, three locally made single barrel guns, two hand grenades and one locally made explosive.
Others are 1,716 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 494 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 60 rounds of 7.62 x 25mm ammo, 290 rounds of 7.62 x 54mm ammo, 81 rounds of 9mm ammo, two live cartridges, 16 magazines, three M56 rifles magazines, one HH radio, five vehicles, 14 motorcycles, 15 mobile phones and the sum of N857,960.00 amongst other items.
Meanwhile in the Niger Delta, he said troops discovered and destroyed 61 illegal refining sites, 39 cooking ovens, six pumping machines,102 dugout pits, 41 boats, 36 storage tanks and eight vehicles.
The troops also recovered 944,700 litres of stolen crude oil, 171,060 litres of illegally refined AGO and 1,500 litres of DPK.
He said the success was indicative of troops improved understanding of modus operandi of the adversary, adding “we are doing our best to rescue other hostages in terrorist captivity.”
General Buba said troops would continue to eliminate threats posed by terrorist and their cohorts.
He, however, called on citizens to support with information, stating that “they are our first line of intelligence.”
