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Troops Kill 92 Terrorists, Rescue 75 Hostages In 1 Week

by Tarkaa David
5 months ago
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The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has disclosed that troops on internal operations have neutralised 92 terrorists, including a terrorists Commander Abba Alai popularly known as Amirul Khalid of Alafa, arrested 111 others while 75 hostages were rescued in one week.

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Director Defence Media Operations, Major General Markus Kangye gave the figures on Thursday during the weekly update on military operations between 27 February – 6 March 2025.

He said troops arrested 18 suspected oil thieves and recovered stolen products worth N521,802,360.00 during the period.

Maj.-Gen. Kangye added that troops in the fight against oil theft recovered 452,396 litres of stolen crude oil, 224,175 litres of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (diesel) and 1,920 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol).

Furthermore, troops discovered and destroyed 87 crude oil cooking ovens, 28 dugout pits, 23 boats, 33 storage tanks, 61 drums and 47 illegal refining sites in the week under review.

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Other items recovered include two pumping machines, three tricycles, five motorcycles, two mobile phones and six vehicles, among others.

Overall, Kangye said troops within the week recovered 117 and 2,939 assorted weapons and ammunition respectively.

He gave a breakdown of recovered weapons to include 58 AK47 rifles, 21 locally fabricated guns, 26 dane guns, 7 pump-action guns, 4 PKT guns, 2 GPMGs, 1 QJC W85 gun, 1
HK 21 gun, 1 M60 MG, 11 RPG bombs, 2 RPG tubes and 1 fabricated 60mm mortar.

They also recovered 2,278 rounds of assorted 7.62mm ammunition, 26 live cartridges, 64 rounds of 9mm ammo, 18 magazines, as well as other 8 assorted arms.


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