By Joy Odor
The Director, Defence Media Operations (DMO), Major General Edward Buba has informed that the Nigeria military neutralized 36 terrorists, arrest 137 gunmen, 3 gunrunners, 2 kidnappers, 6 collaborators, 15 perpetrators of oil theft, recovered the sum of N3,177,650.00 as well as rescued 140 kidnapped hostages as at 3 August 2023.
He gave the information at the press briefing on the ongoing military operations by the Armed Forces of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday and made available to newsmen in a press statement.
According to him, in the course of operations across the country troops also recovered a total number of 37 weapons and 370 ammunition.
The breakdown is as follows: 16 Ak47 rifles, 6 pump action guns, 6 dane guns, 3 fabricated rifles, 2 locally made pistol, 199 rounds of 7.62mm special, 6 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 9 AK47 magazines and 2 G3 magazines, 8 vehicles, 45 motorcycles, 32 mobile phones, 925 machetes, 151 machete sharpeners.
Others include: 61 dugout pits, 32 wooden boats, 87 storage tanks, one speedboat, 32 cooking ovens, 3 outboard engine, one generator, 2 pumping machines, 36 illegal refining sites, 310,700 litres of stolen crude oil, 14,675 litres Automotive Gas Oil, 49,000 Dual Purpose Kerosine and 5 litres of Premium Motor Spirit.
Major General Buba affirmed that the military has no greater priority than to restore normalcy and put an end to security challenges across the country.
The DMO maintained that the men and women of the military have answered a call to duty to fight the perpetrators of the evil to submission, pointing out that they are in a good fight, and must flush the criminals out.
