Army Executes 261 Operations, Police Arrest 1,950 Criminals In August — NOA

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has revealed that Nigeria’s information and regulatory agencies conducted large nationwide operations successful August, resulting successful hundreds of arrests, large-scale cause seizures, plus recoveries, and aggregate convictions.

The Director-General of NOA, Lanre Issa-Onilu, disclosed the figures astatine the monthly associated information briefing successful Abuja connected Monday, describing the results arsenic “evidence of stronger inter-agency coordination and intelligence-led actions.”

According to him, the Nigerian Army executed 261 operations nationwide, repelling attacks, dismantling insurgent cells, and rescuing abducted civilians.

He said: “In Zamfara, 30 terrorists were neutralised during aerial and crushed strikes, portion 76 militants, including women and children, surrendered to information forces. Troops besides foiled an ISWAP ambush successful Borno State, freeing stranded passengers.

“The Police reported 1,950 arrests linked to convulsive crimes, kidnapping, and banditry. A full of 141 kidnap victims were rescued, portion the Force commissioned 2 caller country commands and upgraded 5 stations successful Benue to boost section information responses.”

He said the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seized implicit 66,000 kilogrammes of narcotics, describing the haul arsenic 1 of the largest this year.

“The bureau besides deployed 48 caller vehicles nationwide, a determination aimed astatine strengthening tract operations.”

For the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), helium said the bureau secured 588 convictions successful August alone, recovering much than ₦21bn successful assets from corruption cases.

He said the results underscored the government’s anti-graft thrust and ongoing reforms successful the fiscal system.

Speaking further, Issa-Onilu said the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) besides reported the seizure of 17 containers filled with unsafe and falsified products, informing that unregulated goods posed terrible risks to households.

Issa-Onilu stressed that intelligence-sharing and nationalist practice were proving decisive successful disrupting transgression networks.

He urged communities to study suspicious movements, particularly on transit corridors, and to defy spreading unverified alerts that substance panic.

“Every seized cause instrumentality is simply a assemblage saved from harm. Every condemnation is simply a awesome that corruption volition not beryllium tolerated. And each unfortunate rescued is simply a beingness enactment backmost connected track,” helium said.

The DG besides said NOA has activated its offices crossed the 36 States and 774 section authorities areas to intensify grassroots engagement done municipality halls, rallies, and advocacy campaigns.

He said agency’s precedence was to antagonistic misinformation and support citizens informed astir information gains.

He acknowledged that challenges remain, including unit casualties, vandalism, and communal clashes successful immoderate states.

He, however, insisted that operational capableness has improved and that the state’s effect was becoming much pre-emptive.

“The connection is clear: erstwhile quality meets associated action, kidnappers, gunrunners, and traffickers fail,” Issa-Onilu stated.