Troops Kill 188 Terrorists, Arrest 330, Rescue 133 In 1 Week -DHQ

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has announced the killing of 188 terrorists, arrest of 330 others and rescue 133 hostages by troops on internal operations across the country in the last one week.

The Director Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, in a statement on Friday, said troops also arrested 36 suspected oil thieves and recovered stolen products worth N637, 710,310.00 during the period.

Maj.-Gen. Buba said the troops in the period under review, also recovered 270 assorted weapons and 5,083 assorted ammunition.

He gave the breakdown of recovered items as 122 AK-47 rifles, 47 locally fabricated guns, 47 dane guns, 24 automatic pump action guns, eight locally fabricated pistols, two locally made single barrel guns, one double barrel gun, one hand grenade and one Improvised Explosive Devise (IED).

Other items recovered include 2,129 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 1,686 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 116 rounds of 9mm ammo, 133 rounds of 7.62 x 39mm ball ammo, 151 rounds of 7.62 x 39mm ammo, 619 live cartridges, 34 magazines, 8 HH radios, 8 vehicles, 40 motorcycles, 6 bicycles, 50 mobile phones and the sum of N610, 210.00 amongst other items.

Meanwhile, troops in the Niger Delta area discovered and destroyed 21 illegal refining sites, 51 dugout pits, 24 boats, 21 storage tanks and 4 vehicles.

Troops also recovered 28 cooking ovens, 672,350 litres of stolen crude oil and 90,530 litres of illegally refined AGO.

The Defence spokesperson also disclosed that many terrorists’ leaders have been killed, and reiterated the commitment of the military to win the war against terrorism.

“The military is in a good and strong position in the war against terrorism with many terrorist leaders killed.

“We will continue to provide security for citizens with the tools at our disposal,” he said.