The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said the Nigerian troops arrested a wanted gunrunner and kidnap kingpin Buhari Umar who was allegedly terrorising Gombe, Bauchi, Plateau and Kaduna States.
Director Defence Media Operations, Major General Markus Kangye disclosed this on Thursday while briefing journalists on military operations for the month of April.
Major General Kangye also said that troops arrested a 5-man kidnapping syndicate in Lafia local government area of Nasarawa State.
He named the suspects as Hassan Mohammed, Saleh Sani, Idi Yusuf, Adamu Danmai and Hassan Bello.
Kangye added that troops also eliminated scores of outlawed Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) terrorists, including one of their leaders identified as Nkwachi Eze popularly known as Onowu who has been on the wanted list of the military.
The director said Eze was responsible for coordinating series of attacks and kidnappings across the South-East geopolitical zone.
General Kangye also disclosed that troops rescued 173 kidnapped hostages, while over 204 terrorists and members of their families surrendered.
According to him, troops in the month of April also arrested 430 suspected oil thieves and other criminal elements.
Furthermore, the troops of Operation DELTA SAFE foiled oil theft worth over N1, 931,297,897.00 in the last one week.
He gave a breakdown of recovered products as 1,009,733 litres of stolen crude oil; 304,811 litres of illegally refined AGO and 3,480 litres of DPK, 19,875 litres of PMS and 1,600 litres of engine oil.
Additionally, Kangye said troops discovered and destroyed 351 crude oil cooking ovens, 418 dugout pits, 30 boats, 9 speedboats, 160 storage tanks, 721 drums and 95 illegal refining sites during the period.
He gave items recovered to include pumping machines, drilling machines, tricycles, motorcycles, mobile phones and 42 vehicles.
Large quantities of various arms, such as automatic weapons, RPG tubes, machine guns, locally-fabricated guns, and improvised explosive devices were also recovered during the operation.
Also, some cache of live cartridges and assorted ammunition were recovered in operations. Troops Arrest Wanted Gunrunner Buhari, 5 Others, Kill IPOB Leader Eze
By Tarkaa David, Abuja
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said the Nigerian troops arrested a wanted gunrunner and kidnap kingpin Buhari Umar who was allegedly terrorising Gombe, Bauchi, Plateau and Kaduna States.
Director Defence Media Operations, Major General Markus Kangye disclosed this on Thursday while briefing journalists on military operations for the month of April.
Major General Kangye also said that troops arrested a 5-man kidnapping syndicate in Lafia local government area of Nasarawa State.
He named the suspects as Hassan Mohammed, Saleh Sani, Idi Yusuf, Adamu Danmai and Hassan Bello.
Kangye added that troops also eliminated scores of outlawed Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) terrorists, including one of their leaders identified as Nkwachi Eze popularly known as Onowu who has been on the wanted list of the military.
The director said Eze was responsible for coordinating series of attacks and kidnappings across the South-East geopolitical zone.
General Kangye also disclosed that troops rescued 173 kidnapped hostages, while over 204 terrorists and members of their families surrendered.
According to him, troops in the month of April also arrested 430 suspected oil thieves and other criminal elements.
Furthermore, the troops of Operation DELTA SAFE foiled oil theft worth over N1, 931,297,897.00 in the last one week.
He gave a breakdown of recovered products as 1,009,733 litres of stolen crude oil; 304,811 litres of illegally refined AGO and 3,480 litres of DPK, 19,875 litres of PMS and 1,600 litres of engine oil.
Additionally, Kangye said troops discovered and destroyed 351 crude oil cooking ovens, 418 dugout pits, 30 boats, 9 speedboats, 160 storage tanks, 721 drums and 95 illegal refining sites during the period.
He gave items recovered to include pumping machines, drilling machines, tricycles, motorcycles, mobile phones and 42 vehicles.
Large quantities of various arms, such as automatic weapons, RPG tubes, machine guns, locally-fabricated guns, and improvised explosive devices were also recovered during the operation.
Also, some cache of live cartridges and assorted ammunition were recovered in operations.
