88 terrorists killed in 1 week, 228 criminals nabbed — Military

The military high command said no fewer than 88 terrorists have been obliterated in the last one week while 228 criminals were arrested during the operations across different theatres of operations. It also disclosed that troops are on an onslaught operation to crush terrorists in the North West and other parts of the country, stressing […]

The military high command said no fewer than 88 terrorists have been obliterated in the last one week while 228 criminals were arrested during the operations across different theatres of operations.

It also disclosed that troops are on an onslaught operation to crush terrorists in the North West and other parts of the country, stressing that operations are being modified to box in the terrorists.

The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, stated this in Abuja on Thursday while giving an update about the military’s operations nationwide including its readiness for the Ondo gubernatorial election.

Buba said the increasing operational intensity was basically to ensure the destruction of all terror groups and the dismantling of their terror networks.

He also revealed that troops arrested 40 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 181 kidnapped hostages in the South South zone of the country while denying the oil thieves an estimated sum of N1,021,412,950.00 worth of crude oil.

Buba added, “Troops recovered 84 assorted weapons and 2,393 assorted ammunition. The breakdown is as follows: 34 AK47 rifles, 15 fabricated rifles, 11 Dane guns, 5 fabricated revolver pistols, 8 locally made pistols, 3 pump action guns and one magnum pump action.

“Others are 1,807 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 314 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 146 rounds of 7.62mm PKM ammo, 77 rounds of 9mm ammo, 49 live cartridges, 25 magazines, 2 Baofeng radios, 16 vehicles, 35 motorcycles, 27 mobile phones and the sum of N1,851,000.00 only among other items.”