The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has said that troops of the armed forces have in one week, neutralised dozens of terrorists, apprehended 86 suspects and rescued 26 kidnap victims across the country.
The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, disclosed this while providing updates on military operations on Friday in Abuja.
Kangye said the operations were conducted in collaboration with other security agencies to enhance national security, promote stability and safeguard the country’s strategic interests.
He said the troops also recovered large quantities of arms and ammunition, destroyed terrorists’ camps and illegal refining sites to deny criminals freedom of action nationwide.
According to him, the operations were conducted simultaneously across all theatres, including the North-East, North-West, North-Central, South-South and South-East regions.
Kangye said that in the North-East, troops of Operation Hadin Kai sustained their offensive against Boko Haram, ISWAP and JAS terrorists in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states.
He said several terrorists were eliminated, while 13 logistics suppliers, informants and collaborators were arrested, and three kidnapped victims were rescued.
According to him, arms, ammunition, vehicles, motorcycles, petroleum products and other items were recovered during the operations.
In the North-West, Kangye said troops of Operation Fansan Yamma maintained pressure on terrorists in Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi and Kaduna states.
According to him, several terrorists were neutralised, 11 suspects arrested and 14 kidnap victims rescued during the operations.
In the North-Central, he said troops of Operation Enduring Peace conducted raids and responded to distress calls in Plateau, Kaduna and Bauchi states, neutralising several extremists, arresting 24 suspects and rescuing three victims.
Kangye added that in a separate raid on October 19, troops recovered weapons from the residence of a wanted extremist leader, Alhaji Muhammed Sule (a.k.a. MP), in the Barkin Ladi local government area of Plateau.
He said the recovered items included two AK-47 rifles, one G3 rifle, a revolver pistol, six magazines and 1,202 rounds of live ammunition.
In Operation Whirl Stroke theatre, Kangye said troops neutralised several criminals, arrested 16 suspects and rescued three kidnapped victims in Taraba, Benue, Plateau, Nasarawa, Kogi states, and the Federal Capital Territory.
