Troops Neutralize Notorious Terrorists Commander Munzur Ya Audu in the North East - General Buba

The troops of the Nigerian military have killed a notorious terrorist commander named Munzur Ya Audu in the North East through well executed operations as the military continue dismantling and destroying the terror networks. 

The Director, Defence Media Operations Major General Edward Buba while updating Journalists in Abuja said troops are also actively targeting terrorist logistics bases and other structures that have affiliation to terror groups.

While reviewing operational activities for the week, the DMO Director said troops neutralised 115 and arrested 238 persons, 51 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 138 kidnapped hostages. 

In the South, troops denied the oil theft of the estimated sum of Nine Hundred and Twenty One Million Eight Hundred and Forty Seven Thousand One Hundred and Forty Six Naira (N921,847,146.00) only.

Weapons Recovery 

According to General Buba, the troops recovered 145 assorted weapons and 3,825 assorted ammunition, consisting of one GPMG, 2 PKT guns, 68 AK47 rifles, 2 AK56 rifles, 24 fabricated rifles, 28 dane guns, one fabricated revolver pistol, 6 locally made pistols, one pistol, 8 pump action guns, one hand grenade, 4 fabricated hand grenades, one RPG bomb and 3 explosives.

Troops also recovered "2,093 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 246 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 317 rounds of 7.62mm GPMG/PKM ammo, 129 live cartridges, 28 shotgun cartridges, 500 empty case of MG ammo, 147 empty cases of 7.62mm ammo, 3 empty cases of cartridges, 54 magazines, 3 baofeng radios, 3 handheld radios, one bandolier, 12 vehicles, 24 motorcycles, 11 bicycles, 51 mobile phones and the sum of N7,245,500.00 only amongst other items"

"Troops in the Niger Delta area discovered and destroyed 78 crude oil cooking ovens, 21 dugout pits, 56 boats, 56 drums, 26 storage tanks and 56 illegal refining sites. Other items recovered include 2 speedboats, one barge, 2 tricycles, one pumping machine, 2 walkie talkie, 2 outboard engines, 9 mobile phones and 12 vehicles among others. Troops recovered 872,070 litres of stolen crude oil and 67,985 litres of illegally refined AGO" stated General Buba. 

He said the aim of the armed forces in the ongoing counter terrorism and counter insurgency war remains to find and destroy the terrorist and their cohorts whenever they maybe hiding in our country by acting and responding forcefully against terrorist.