The Defence Headquarters stated that the navy had eradicated a complete of 8,034 terrorists, apprehended 11,623 suspects and rescued 6,376 kidnapped hostages from January to December.
The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this recognized whereas briefing newsmen on the operations of the navy on Thursday in Abuja.
Mr Buba stated the troops had, for the reason that starting of the yr, been confronted by totally different threats in 5 lively theatres of operations throughout the nation.
He stated that the troops adopted a excessive stage of alert and an elevated state of readiness to guard the nation from additional terrorist aggression and insecurity.
He stated the troops additionally recovered 8,216 weapons, 211,459 ammunition and denied the oil thieves an estimated sum of over N57 billion within the final 11 months.
“The breakdown of the recoveries contains 4,053 AK47 rifles, 1,123 domestically fabricated weapons, 731 Dane weapons and 240 pump motion weapons.
“Others are 120,247 rounds of seven.62mm particular ammo, 41,515 rounds of seven.62mm NATO, 5,373 cartridges, 1,940 assorted arms and 25,664 assorted ammunitions.
“Moreover, the troops recovered 53.1 million litres of stolen crude oil, 9.1 million litres of illegally refined Automotive Fuel Oil (AGO) and 90,595 litres of DPK and 156,095 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) apart different gadgets,” the director stated.
Within the North East, Mr Buba stated the troops of Operation Hadin Kai, neutralised 2,918 terrorists, apprehended 2,285 suspects and rescued 1,496 hostages inside the interval underneath evaluate.
He added that 15,950 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists’ combatants and their households surrendered through the interval.
“Within the North Central, the troops of Operation Secure Haven, neutralised 411 violent extremists, arrested 1,859 and rescued 927 kidnap hostages in addition to arms and ammunition.
“Underneath Operation Whirl Stroke, the troops neutralised 583 terrorists, arrested 916 suspects and rescued 649 kidnapped hostages and recovered a cache of arms.
“Within the North West, the troops of Operation Hadarin Daji neutralised 2,646 terrorists, arrested 1,654 suspects and rescued 2,339 kidnap hostages.
“Underneath Operation Whirl Punch, they neutralised 732 terrorists, apprehended 1,842 suspects and rescued 569 kidnap hostages,” Buba stated.
He added that within the South East, the troops of Operation UDO KA neutralised 666 terrorists, arrested 893 suspects and rescued 323 kidnap hostages through the interval.NAN
