The Nigerian army mentioned it eradicated in a single week 108 terrorists and rescued 214 kidnapped hostages throughout the nation.
The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, made this identified in an announcement on Friday in Abuja.
Buba mentioned troops additionally apprehended 204 suspected terrorists and different felony components and recovered 66 assorted weapons and 4,087 assorted ammunition, comprising one Dushku, one MG, two GPMGs, one RPG launcher, one RPG bomb, one AK56 rifle and 37 AK47 rifles.
He added that the troops additionally recovered 4 MRAPs, two GTs, three fabricated rifles, six Dane weapons, three regionally made pistols, six magazines, one bandolier and two HH radios.
Other weapons, in response to him, are 313 rounds of seven.62mm PKT, 2,362 rounds of seven.62mm particular ammo, 699 rounds of seven.62mm NATO, 201 rounds of seven.62 x 54mm and 503 rounds of seven.62 x 39mm.
“Also recovered are 9 reside cartridges, one belted of NATO ammo, 19 autos, 44 bikes, three cell phones and the sum of N4.9 million amongst different gadgets,’’ he mentioned.
In the North East, Buba mentioned the troops of Operation Hadin Kai, neutralised 47 terrorists, arrested 18 suspects and rescued 130 kidnappers’ hostages in addition to restoration of cache of arms.
He mentioned {that a} whole of 622 terrorists comprising 90 grownup males 182 grownup females and 350 kids surrendered to troops in the course of the week throughout the theatre of operations.
Buba mentioned the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai, had on Aug. 2 carried out an air interdiction at a newly uncovered BH/ISWAP terrorist’s hideout and IED manufacturing facility within the Mandara Mountains.
According to him, the placement was acquired and attacked with rockets and bombs. Battle Damage Assessment revealed that a number of terrorists had been eradicated and the IED manufacturing facility in addition to their logistics destroyed.
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In the North Central, he mentioned the troops of Operations Safe Haven and Whirl Stroke, neutralised 13 insurgents, apprehended 57 violent extremists and rescued 36 kidnapped hostages in the course of the week.
In the North West, Buba mentioned the troops of Hadarin Daji, neutralised 15 terrorists, arrested 22 terrorists and rescued 27 kidnapped hostages throughout Kaduna, Katsina, Sokoto, and Zamfara States.
He mentioned the air element carried out profitable air interdiction missions at suspected terrorist kingpin, Kamilu Burazu’s enclave and newly uncovered terrorists’ hideout in Danmusa and Batsari Local Government Areas of Katsina State.
According to him, battle injury evaluation revealed that a number of terrorists had been neutralized and their buildings in addition to logistics had been destroyed.
Under Operation Whirl Punch, Buba mentioned the troops neutralised eight terrorists, arrested 22 suspects and rescued 12 kidnapped hostages in Kaduna, Niger and Kogi States.
He added that the air element eradicated a number of terrorists and destroyed the camp of a terrorists’ kingpin, Buhari in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
In the South-South, Buba mentioned the troops of Operation Delta Safe, recovered 1.13 million litres of stolen crude oil, and 228,770 litres of illegally refined AGO, in addition to 100 litres of DPK and 20,000 litres of PMS.
He added that troops found and destroyed 487 dugout pits, 32 boats and 12 storage tanks in addition to 71 cooking ovens, two speedboats, two pumping machines, and two HH radios.
According to him, troops additionally recovered 19 autos, 32 bikes, one tricycle, one wheelbarrow and destroyed 76 unlawful refining websites.
He added that troops rescued 5 kidnapped hostages and apprehended 32 suspected oil thefts and different violent extremists and likewise recovered 11 assorted weapons.
In the South East, Buba mentioned that troops of Operation UDO KA neutralised 5 terrorists, arrested 12 violent extremists and rescued 4 kidnapped hostages.
“All recovered gadgets, arrested suspects and rescued hostages had been handed over to the related authority for additional motion,’’ he added.
NAN.