According to the Director Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, the arrested terrorist commander is a close associate of a wanted high profile terrorist leader known as Kachalla Boka and the military said he has been providing troops with valuable intelligence for further operations.
The Defence Headquarters also said troops accross theatres neutralised 96 terrorists, arrested 227 persons, 45 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 157 kidnapped hostages in the week under review.
Troops in the Southern Region denied the oil theft of millions worth of crude oil product, recovering 71 assorted weapons and 1,463 assorted ammunition among which are 50 AK47 rifles, 16 fabricated rifles, 5 dane guns, 5 pump action guns, 5 locally made pistols, one revolver pistol and 16 AK47 magazines.
Other weapons recoversled include 784 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 403 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 164 rounds 7.62 x 39mm ammo, 53 rounds of 9mm ammo, 67 live cartridges, one baofeng radio, 19 vehicles, 23 motorcycles, 35 mobile phones and the sum of N4,087,630.00 and 46,000 cfa only amongst other items.
The troops operating in the Niger Delta Region discovered and destroyed 4 dugout pits, 48 boats, 52 drums and 38 storage tanks, recovering 55 cooking ovens, 2 speedboats, one tricycle, over 700 thousand litres of stolen crude oil and over 76 thousand litres of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil.
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