The Nigerian Armed Forces has said troops will continue to operate with tremendous force against the terrorist across the country.
“We are working decisively to kill the terrorist , stop the insecurity and ensure the safety of citizens,” the Director of Defence Media Operations Major General Edward Buba said in a statement, just as insurgents attacked soft targets .
“we are making the terrorist pay a much heavier price than we have been forced to pay,” and during the week under review. “troops neutralised 188 terrorists and arrested 330 persons.”
Major General Buba said that troops also arrested 36 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 133 kidnapped hostages.
In the South South where economic saboteurs are operating , troops denied the oil theft of the estimated sum of Six Hundred and Thirty Seven Million Seven and Ten Thousand Three Hundred and Ten Naira (N637,710,310.00) only.
Furthermore, troops recovered 270 assorted weapons and 5,083 assorted ammunition during the week.
“The breakdown as follows: 122 AK47 rifles, 47 locally fabricated gun, 47 dane guns, 24 automatic pump action guns, 8 locally fabricated pistols, 2 locally made single barrel guns, one double barrel gun, one hand grenade and one IED.
“Others are: 2,129 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 1,686 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 116 rounds of 9mm ammo, 133 rounds of 7.62 x 39mm ball ammo, 151 rounds of 7.62 x 39mm ammo, 619 live cartridges, 34 magazines, 8 HH radios, 8 vehicles, 40 motorcycles, 6 bicycles, 50 mobile phones and the sum of N610,210.00 amongst other items.
“Troops in the Niger Delta area discovered and destroyed 51 dugout pits, 24 boats, 21 storage tanks and 4 vehicles. Other items recovered incl 28 cooking ovens and 21 illegal refining sites. Troops recovered 672,350 litres of stolen crude oil and 90,530 litres of illegally refined AGO.”
The Director said the military is in a good and strong position in the war against terrorist with many terrorist leaders killed adding that “we will continue to provide security for citizens with the tools at our disposal.”
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