37 Terrorists Neutralized, 95 Arrested Within One Week In 6 Geo-Political Zones — DHQ

37 Terrorists Neutralized, 95 Arrested Within One Week In 6 Geo-Political Zones — DHQ

The military on Friday says, activities of troops of armed forces in the ongoing  counter insurgency and counter terrorist operations in the last one week, resulted in 37 neutralized terrorists while 95 of them were arrested. 

Director,  Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba said this in a press statement on Friday where he also revealed that troops arrested 19 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 53 kidnapped hostages. 

General Buba noted that in the South South geo-political zone, troops denied oil theft of the estimated sum of Three Billion Three Hundred and Ninety Nine Million Twenty Nine Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Naira (N3,399,029,850.00) only.

He revealed that, troops recovered 100 assorted weapons and 1,207 assorted ammunition. The breakdown are as follows: 45 AK47 rifles, 11 locally fabricated AK47 rifles, 6 pump action guns, 12 dane guns, 2 AK47 rifles loaded with 34 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 2 locally made guns, 2 locally fabricated pistols, 2 locally made revolvers.

“Others are; 925 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 28 rounds of 9mm ammo, 157 live cartridges, 23 magazines, 27 vehicles, 25 motorcycles, 38 mobile phones, 2 HH radios, 2 boafeng radios, 4 bicycles and one tricycle amongst others.

H said the troops in the Niger Delta area discovered and destroyed 42 dugout pits, 82 boats, 143 storage tanks, 234 cooking ovens, 56 illegal refining sites, 61 hoses, 17 drums, one pumping machine, 2 outboard engines and one vessel. Troops recovered 6,009,500 litres of stolen crude oil, 425,715 litres of illegally refined AGO, 38,100 litres of DPK and 4,500 litres of PMS.

Overall, troops of Operation HADIN KAI recovered; 13 AK47 rifles, 5 dane guns, 4 magazines, 2 fabricated guns, 203 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 8 motorcycles, 4 mobile phones, 2 bicycles, medical supplies, assorted food items among others. Troops also neutralized 20 terrorists, arrested 57 and rescued 16 kidnapped hostages.

In north central, troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN recovered 3 AK47 rifles, 2 AK47 rifle magazines loaded with 34 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 2 fabricated AK47 rifles, 34 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 28 rounds of 9mm ammo, 37 live cartridges, 12 empty cartridges, 4 magazines, 2 motorcycles, 2 mobile phones, one boafeng radio and charger, and the sum of N451,360.00.

Overall, troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN recovered 3 AK47 rifles, 2 AK47 rifle magazines loaded with 34 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 2 fabricated AK47 rifles, 34 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 28 rounds of 9mm ammo, 37 live cartridges, 12 empty cartridges, 4 magazines, 2 motorcycles, 2 mobile phones, one boafeng radio and charger, and the sum of N451,360.00. Troops also neutralized 3 terrorists, arrested 53 and rescued 16 kidnapped hostages

Overall, troops of Operation WHIRL STROKE neutralized 2 terrorists, arrested 6 terrorists and rescued 13 kidnapped hostages. Troops also recovered one dane gun, 3 mobile phones, 8 bags of substances suspected to be cannabis and the sum of N114,500.00

Air Interdiction On 11 October 2023, the air component of Operation HADARIN DAJI conducted strikes on terrorist led by Ali Kawaje in Danko-Wasagu LGA of Kebbi State. The terrorists were struck while moving from Zamfara to Kebbi States for an attacks. During mop up and exploitation, troop discovered that 17 armed bandits were neutralized as well as 17 motorcycles destroyed. Additionally, troops recovered several damaged AK47 rifles, 7 burnt magazines and 158 rounds of 7.62 mm Special ammo. Further information about the air strike revealed that the terrorist buried over 40 corpses in Maru LGA of Zamfara State.

Overall, troops of Operation HADARIN DAJI neutralized 17 terrorists, arrested 10 terrorists and rescued 19 kidnapped hostages. Troop’s also recovered 4 AK47 rifles, several burnt AK47 rifles, 7 burnt magazines, 158 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo and 17 motorcycles.

42 dugout pits, 82 boats, 143 storage tanks, 234 cooking ovens, 56 illegal refining sites, 61 hoses, 17 drums, one pumping machine, 2 outboard engines and one vessel. Troops recovered 6,009,500 litres of stolen crude oil, 425,715 litres of illegally refined AGO, 38,100 litres of DPK and 4,500 litres of PMS

Troops also apprehended 100 suspected oil theft and other criminal and recovered 20 vehicles, one tricycle, and 17 mobile phones amongst others.

In the conduct of operations, troops of Operation UDO KA neutralized 4 terrorists, arrested 21 extremist/criminals and rescued one kidnapped hostages. Troops recovered 6 pump action guns, 48 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 113 live cartridges, 2 motorcycles, one HH radio, 4 mobile phones, 10 generator sets, 4 refrigerators and 33,000 litres of illegal refined AGO among others.

All recovered items, arrested suspects and rescued hostages were handed over to the relevant authority for further action. 

The military is in a good fight and is winning in this war. Our operations have killed or captured several terrorist and insurgent  leaders as well as their facilitators and key associates. 

Accordingly, the insurgents and terrorist are in perpetual mourning as they constantly bury their dead and would continue to do so.  Our communities across the country have risen to the occasion in exposing these elements and it is making a tremendous impact on operations as they no longer have a hiding place. Consequently, know something, say something , so we can do something.