The Defence Headquarters says troops eliminated several terrorist commanders, rescued 37 kidnapped victims, and apprehended dozens of suspects in nationwide operations between Aug. 7 and Aug. 13.<\/p>\n
The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, said this in Abuja, yesterday during the biweekly news briefing on military activities across all theatres of operation.<\/p>\n
He said the operations were carried out under the Joint Task Forces in the North-East, North-West, North-Central, South-East, and South-South, with combined air and ground assaults supported by sister security agencies and hybrid forces.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur troops have continued to demonstrate courage, resilience, and determination to dismantle terrorist networks, defeat insurgency and banditry, and suppress all forms of criminality.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe terrorists\u2019 will to fight has been shattered,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In the North-East, Kangye said the troops of Operation Hadin Kai, neutralised several Boko Haram and ISWAP commanders in Limankara, Pulka, Kareto, and other locations in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe States.<\/p>\n
He said that 16 suspected terrorists were arrested, five hostages rescued, and weapons, vehicles, motorcycles, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) recovered and safely detonated.<\/p>\n
In the North-West, Kangye said the troops of Operation Fasan Yamma, killed scores of terrorists, arrested 11 suspects, and rescued 17 kidnapped victims in Katsina, Sokoto, Zamfara, Kebbi, and Kaduna States.<\/p>\n
According to him, a suspected gunrunner was intercepted in Jama\u2019a Local Government Area of Kaduna State, while concealing an AK-47 rifle and ammunition in a sack of animal feed.<\/p>\n
In the North-Central, he said the troops of Operation Whirl Stroke engaged criminal gangs in Benue, Taraba, Kogi, and the FCT, killing several, arresting 13 suspects, and rescuing nine hostages.<\/p>\n
According to him, two notorious arms dealers were arrested in Lokoja, while a large cache of ammunition was recovered from an abandoned extremist camp in Taraba.<\/p>\n
In the South-South, Kangye said the troops of Operation Delta Safe impounded 24,575 litres of stolen crude oil, 9,140 litres of illegally refined diesel, and 2,605 litres of petrol.<\/p>\n
He added that the troops destroyed illegal refining sites, seized boats and storage tanks, and arrested 34 suspects linked to oil theft, cultism, and kidnapping.<\/p>\n
In the South-East, he said the troops of Operation UDO KA, nabbed six suspected IPOB\/ESN members and a kidnapper in Imo, Anambra, and Ebonyi States, recovering arms, ammunition, and vehicles.<\/p>\n
Kangye, however, dismissed an Amnesty International report alleging extrajudicial killings in the South-East, insisting that the military operates professionally and within the law.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Armed Forces of Nigeria are not involved in any extrajudicial killings. Such allegations are unfounded and misleading,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Kangye urged Nigerians to appreciate the sacrifices of the troops in the field, adding that the \u201ctroops gave their today for a safer country of tomorrow\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n
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