Troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria neutralized a total of 82 terrorists and arrested 198 suspected others between February 14 and 21 in the ongoing counter insurgency operations across the country.
The troops also apprehended 22 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 93 kidnapped hostages.
Director of Defence Media Operations Major General Markus Kangye disclosed this on Friday said in the South South region, troops foiled oil theft estimated to the tune of about Five Hundred and Eighty Seven Million, One Hhundred and Ninety Thousand, Seven Hundred and Forty Naira (N587,190,740.00) only.
The breakdown of recovery made by the troops includes: 366,530 litres of stolen crude oil, 117,320 litres of illegally refined Automated Gas Oil and 600 litres of Dual Purpose Kerosene,DPK.
Additionally, troops discovered and destroyed, 38 crude oil cooking ovens, 27 dugout pits, 22 boats, 2 speedboats, 60 storage tanks, 34 drums and 32 illegal refining sites. Other items recovered include 3 pumping machines, one tricycles, 3 motorcycles, 5 mobile phones and 2 vehicles among others.
Twenty two oil thieves were arrested by troops while 2 and 152 assorted arms and ammunition as well as 5 magazines among others were recovered.
In a related development, troops recovered 86 and 2,040 assorted weapons and ammunition respectively. These includes, 46 AK47 rifles, 18 locally fabricated guns, 19 dane guns, 3 pump action guns, 1,165 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 128 rounds
of 7.62mm NATO, 600 rounds of 7.62 x 12.7mm ammo, 51 cartridges as well as
other 3 assorted arms and 96 assorted ammunitions.