The Defence Headquarters says that troops have neutralised 106 terrorists and arrested 103 in different operations nationwide in the last week.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the Director, of Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, said this while giving an update on the operations in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
Buba said the troops also apprehended 22 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 96 kidnap victims.
He added that troops recovered 171 assorted weapons and 2,452 rounds of ammunition during the operations.
“The breakdown comprised 47 AK47 rifles, one PKT gun, 18 pump action rifles, 17 locally fabricated guns, 14 Dane guns, 12 locally fabricated pistols, one fabricated revolver, one hand grenade, 81mm mortar bomb, one mortar tube and four bandoliers.
“Others are 995 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 468 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 317 live cartridges, 125 rounds of 9mm ammo, 313 rounds of 7.62 x 54mm ammo, 13 rounds of 7.62 x 51mm, 19 rounds of 7.62 x 39mm, 167 empty shells of 7.62mm special ammo, 45 empty shells of 7.62mm NATO and 72 empty cases of cartridges.
“They also include 14 magazines, 10 vehicles, 23 motorcycles, 19 mobile phones, one bicycle, four baofeng radios, and the sum of N112,920, amongst other items,” he said.
