By Harriet Tornguvan -Abuja
Troops sustained their offensive operations against terrorists across multiple theaters of operation nationwide. The fighting was particularly intense in the northwest, where dry season campaigns are progressing as planned.
Additionally, several notorious kidnappers and a notorious gun runners identified as Mohammed Musa (aka Mamman) was arrested in Plateau State,among others. All efforts are aimed at degrading terrorists wherever they are hibernating or hiding.
According to the Director Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, in a statement sighed that during the week under review, troops neutralised 181 and arrested 203 persons.
General Buba stated that during the week under review, troops arrested 50 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 161 kidnapped hostages.
Similarly in the South South, troops denied the oil theft of the estimated sum of Seven Hundred and Twenty Eight Million Two Hundred and Ninety Seven Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty Naira (N728,297,650.00) only.
Furthermore, troops recovered 228 assorted weapons and 6,749 assorted ammunition. The breakdown as follows, 4 GPMGs, 3 G3 rifles, 85 AK47 rifles, 38 fabricated rifles, 36 dane guns, 12 FN rifles, 3 fabricated revolver pistol, 24 locally made pistols, 16 pump action guns, 2 single barrel guns, one berretta pistol, 4 hand grenades, 3 IEDs and 63 magazines.
He stated that other items included 2,891 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 1,354 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 586 rounds of 7.62 x 51mm ammo, 821 rounds of 7.62 x 39mm ammo, 12 rounds of 5.56mm ammo, 409 rounds of 7.62mm PKT ammo, 32 rounds of 7.62 x 54mm PKT ammo, 21 rounds of 9mm ammo, 618 live cartridges, 1,146 assorted empty cases of ammo, 3 bandoliers, 4 baofeng radios, 15 vehicles, 33 motorcycles, 42 mobile phones and the sum of N577,800.00.
"Troops in the Niger Delta area discovered and destroyed 25 crude oil cooking ovens, 10 dugout pits, 38 boats, 44 storage tanks and 47 illegal refining sites.
Still under Niger Delta, troops recovered items included are, 6 speedboats, 3 receivers, 48 drums, 3 motorcycles, one mobile phone and 12 vehicles among others. Troops recovered 765,680 litres of stolen crude oil and 86,725 litres of illegally refined AGO.
General Buba emphasizes that troops will continue to act with tremendous force to ensure the terrorists and their cohorts are completely destroyed.
Troops will also continue to create an atmosphere in which citizens live in peace and are safe from acts of terror. He added
