Troops Kill 202 Terrorists, Rescue 209 Hostages In 1 Week –DHQ

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says troops on internal operations killed 202 terrorists, arrested 437 others and rescued 209 hostages in one week.

The director Defence media operations, Major General Edward Buba in a statement on Friday said troops arrested 30 suspected oil thieves and recovered 707,200 litres of stolen crude oil, 149,700 litres of illegally refined AGO and 400 litres of DPK worth N718,171,000.00 only.
He said troops recovered 201 assorted weapons and 5,346 assorted ammunition within the week under review.

He gave a breakdown of recovered items as follows; three G3 rifles, 105 AK47 rifles, four AK49 rifles, 17 locally fabricated gun, 37 dane guns, nine pump action guns, one fabricated SMG, two double barrel guns, two single barrel guns, one pistol, six locally fabricated pistol, one revolver rifle, one damaged PKT, four grenades, one RPG bomb, one charger and four bandoliers.

Others include; 3,232 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 833 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 59 rounds of 9mm ammo, 28 rounds of 7.62 x 54mm, 1,017 rounds of 7.62 x 39mm, 177 live cartridges, 118 magazines, nine baofeng radios, eight vehicles, 118 motorcycles, 10 vehicles, three bicycles, 44 mobile phones and the sum of N74,702,320.00 only amongst other items.

Meanwhile in the Niger Delta troops discovered and destroyed 45 illegal refining sites, 28 dugout pits, 15 boats and 55 storage tanks.