Troops Arrest 578 Terrorists, Rescue 134 Hostages

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says troops arrested 578 terrorists, including those on the wanted list and rescued 134 kidnap hostages in July.

The director, defence media operations, Maj. Gen. Markus Kangye in a statement yesterday said a terrorist commander, Ibn Ali and 151 other members alongside their families surrendered to troops.

He said terrorist commanders—Yellow Danbokolo, Amir Dunkei, Kachalla Nagomma, Gurmu and Ali Yar Daribiyar among others were eliminated within the period.

According to Kangye, some notorious gunrunners and kidnappers on the troops’ watch list were arrested and taken into custody for interrogation.

He listed the notorious gunrunners as; Yakubu Jubril, Abubakar Yahaya, Isiya Sani, Haruna AbdullahiAli Abba, Mallam Aminu Idris, Mohammed Hamisu (aka Mamiyo or Officer Mohammed), Shuaibu Bulama and Isah Abdullahi as well as Abdullahi Mohammed.

Troops also arrested notorious cultist, Prince Justin Ishimiri and an extremist kingpin, Liamdoo Douglas Adekpe (aka Bajor).

In the Niger Delta, troops of Operation DELTA SAFE recovered stolen products worth N1.3 billion and arrested 285 suspected oil thieves and other criminals.