The Nigeria Army, Defence Headquarters has disclosed that the its troops have killed at least 180 terrorists, arrest of 204 others and the rescue of 234 kidnapped victims in the last one week
According to The PUNCH, this was made known in a statement on Friday by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major-Gen. Edward Buba.
He said the operations involved land and air interdictions across the theatres of operation.
Buba explained that the troops also recovered 46 assorted weapons and 148 assorted ammunition, comprising 30 AK47 rifles, two Josef Magnum pump action guns, one double barrel gun and two single barrel guns.
Others included 12 locally-made pistols, 13 dane guns, one hand grenade, nine locally-made rifles, three RPG chargers, two locally-made hand grenades 120 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 364 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 54 live cartridges, 11 rounds of empty cases of 7.62mm special ammo, 32 magazines, 34 vehicles, 64 mobile phones, 47 motorcycles, N1.5 million, amongst other items.
The Defence Direcyor revealed that the troops of Operation Hadin Kai neutralised 19 terrorists, arrested 52 and rescued 134 kidnapped victims in the North-East during the week, adding that the troops recovered six AK47 rifles, 58 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, seven live cartridges, three vehicles, eight mobile phones, three motorcycles, one bicycle and two camouflage magazine carrier jackets.
He stated further that the troops carried out fighting patrols to Gulani Local Government Area of Yobe where they arrested kidnappers and illegal miners, while they also discovered and detonated IEDs in Monguno, Mafa and Gwoza Local Government Areas of Borno, and neutralised suspected ISWAP/JAS terrorists in Madagali in Adamawa and Maiduguri Municipal Council areas in Borno State.
Buba equally said that a total of 91 terrorists comprising 13 adult males, 35 adult females, and 43 children surrendered to troops between November 22 and 28.
