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Troops kill 74 terrorists, arrest 130 suspects within one week — Report

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), says troops killed 74 terrorists, arrested 130 suspects and rescued 61 hostages in operations across the nation within one week.

 

The DHQ made this known through a statement by the Director Defence Media Operations, Major General Markus Kangye.

 

The statement also said that the troops also arrested 31 suspected oil thieves and recovered stolen products worth N1,008,750,901.00 between February 5 and March 13, 2025.

 

Kangye said within the same period troops recovered 71 and 1,289 assorted weapons and ammunition respectively.

 

The weapons, according to him, include 32 AK47 rifles, 15 locally fabricated guns, 9 dane guns, 3 pump action guns, 2 locally fabricated pistols and 10 other assorted arms.

 

1,133 assorted rounds of 7.62mm ammunition and 69 live cartridges, were also recovered.

 

Troops also recovered 675,266 litres of stolen crude oil, 312,593 litres of illegally refined AGO and 4,500 litres of DPK, in Niger Delta

 

They discovered and destroyed 51 crude oil cooking ovens, 49 dugout pits, 43 boats, 28 storage tanks, 131 drums and 56 illegal refining sites.

 

Still recovered are 4 pumping machines, 4 tricycles, 3 motorcycles, 7 mobile phones and 8 vehicles.

 

 

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Akanji Philip

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