Newnaija Troops of the armed forces have within the last one week killed 165 terrorists, arrested 185 while
106 hostages were rescued
A statement by the director defence media operations major general Edward buba adds that In the South South , troops denied oil thieves of the estimated sum of One Billion Three Hundred and Six Million One Hundred and Forty Thousand Naira N1,306,140.00 only
Furthermore, troops recovered 145 weapons, 8,926 ammunitions. The breakdown as follows: 69 AK47 rifles, 31 locally fabricated guns, 38 dane guns, 2 PKT guns, 3,112 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 3,094 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 2,720 rounds
of 7.62mm x 38mm ammo, 5 assorted arms and 269 assorted ammunitions. Others
are 1,239,400 litres of stolen crude oil, 308,195 litres of illegally refined AGO and 1,120 litres of DPK amongst other item
Meanwhile In the North East, troops of OPERATION HADIN KAI are working to ensure safe evacuation of inmates affected by flood in the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Maiduguri,troops also deployed over 23 boats in evacuating residents of Maiduguri Municipal council affected by flood, to safer environment.
