The troops of Joint Task Force, North East Operation HADIN KAI have neutralized 83 terrorists, arrested 71 suspects and rescued 48 kidnappers hostages within the period under review.
The Defence Headquarters through the Director Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba stated this while briefing journalists on the operations across all theatres and formations of the military at the Defence Headquarters Abuja.
He said the troops also recovered 2 PKTguns, 35 AK47 rifles, 9 fabricated rifles, 10 dane guns, 3 single barrel guns, 3 60mm mortar bombs, 10 grenades, 21 magazines, 1,223 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 742 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 235 rounds of 7.62 x 54mm ammo.
Also 240 rounds of 7.62 x 51mm ammo, 132 rounds of 5.56 x 54mm, 2 bandoliers, 3 IED batteries, 3 IED cells, 4 baofeng radios, 4 motorcycles and one mobile phone only amongst others were recovered by the troops.
In the North Central, the troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN neutralized 11 insurgents, arrested 64 violent extremists and rescued 21 kidnapped hostages.
The troops recovered one G3 rifle, 2 revolver rifles, 2 double barrel guns, one locally made pistol, one magazine, 500 rounds of 7.62mm special and 33 rounds of 7.62mm NATO amongst others.
OPERATION WHIRL STROKE (NORTH CENTRAL)
During the biweekly briefing, General Buba highlighted the successes recorded by the troops of Operation WHIRL STROKE during the week under review to include arrest of Suspected violent extremists in Ardo Kola LGA of Taraba State.
"On 4 and 6 June 2024, following a tip-off troops in separate operations arrested 6 suspected violent extremists/kidnappers including a female collaborator in Ardo Kola and Awe LGAs of Taraba and Nasarawa States respectively"
"During investigation, female suspect confessed to be a cook and informant for a kidnapping syndicate. During the operations, troops recovered 2 AK47 rifles, 66 rounds 7.62mm ball Special and 6 cartridges.
b. Counter/Anti Kidnapping Criminality Operations"
Overall, troops of Operation WHIRL STROKE neutralized 6 terrorists, arrested 20 violent extremists and rescued 36 kidnapped hostages. Troops recovered 2 AK47 rifles, 66 rounds of 7.62mm special and 6 cartridges amongst others.
In the North West, the Joint Task Force of OPERATION HADARIN DAJI havd neutralized a total of 65 terrorists, arrested 80 terrorists and rescued 54 kidnapped hostages.
The troops in the region recovered 29 AK47 rifles, 7 fabricated rifles, 4 dane guns, one fabricated SMG, 2 baretta pistols, 991 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 202 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 13 rounds of 9mm ammo, 14 sniper rounds, 28 AK47 magazines, one pistol magazine, 9 motorcycles and the sum of N1,236,200.00 as well as CFA 608,000.00 amongst others.
The troops of Operation WHIRL PUNCH also in the North West neutralized 19 terrorists, arrested 18 suspects and rescued 23 kidnapped hostages.
The troops recovered3 AK47 rifles, 3 dane guns, one berretta pistol, one pistol magazine, 119 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 43 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 13 rounds of 9mm ammo, 6 motorcycles and 2 mobile phones amonsgt others.
In the South, troops of Operation DELTA SAFE have maintained momentum against the activities of crude oil theft destroying several illegal refining sites and recovered stolen products in raid operations as well as arrested suspected violent extremists/cultists in Uruan and Ovia North-East LGAs of Akwa Ibom and Edo States as well as Onelga and Nembe LGAs of Rivers and Bayelsa States.
Overall, troops of Operation DELTA SAFE recovered 728,360 litres of stolen crude oil, 143,450 litres of illegally refined AGO, 1,100 litres of DPK and 18,750 litres of PMS.
Additionally, Troops discovered and destroyed 29 dugout pits, 22 boats and 26 storage tanks. Other items recovered include 66 cooking ovens, 85 drums, 8 vehicles, 3 mobile phones and 43 illegal refining sites.
Troops apprehended 32 suspected oil thefts and other violent extremists. Troops recovered 13 weapons and 442 assorted ammunitions.
Operation UDO KA in the South East conducted operations that resulted in the arrest of suspected violent extremists/IPOB/ESN and foiled kidnap incidents in Obingwa and Anambra West LGAs of Abia and Anambra State as well as Isiala Mbano and Ohaji/Egbema LGAs of Imo State.
Within the period the troops of Operation UDO KA neutralized 13 terrorists, arrested 25 violent extremists and rescued 15 kidnapped hostages.
They also recovered one AK47 rifle, one fabricated rifle, 4 dane guns, 2 pump action guns, 2 fabricated berretta pistols, one double barrel, one short dane gun, 5 locally made pistols, one locally fabricated RPG tube, one fabricated Arty gun, 10 fabricated Arty bombs, 42 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 8 rounds of 7.62 x 54mm, 62 live cartridges and 21 cartridges (expended), one ECOME HH radio, one vehicle and one motorcycle amongst other.
All recovered items, arrested suspects and rescued hostages were handed over to the relevant authority for further action according to the Director Defence Media Operations.
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