Army kills scores of terrorists, rescues 39 victims in recent operations

The Nigerian Army says troops deployed successful assorted theatres of operations person continued to grounds successes, with respective terrorists neutralised, 11 suspects apprehended and 39 kidnapped victims rescued successful the past 24 hours.

A reliable root astatine the Army Headquarters told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) successful Abuja connected Saturday that the operations were carried retired crossed the Northeast, North Central and Northwestregions.

According to the source, troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) neutralised 1 violent and recovered arms and ammunition successful abstracted operations successful Borno.

He said the troops foiled attempted attacks successful Dikwa and Gubio Local Government Areas, portion besides discovering and dismantling an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Baga–Cross Kauwa roadworthy successful Kukawa Local Government Area (LGA).

The root said troops nether Operation FANSAN YAMMA successful Kaduna and Katsina States cleared violent hideouts, recovered arms and rescued a worker earlier abducted successful July successful Zamfara.

“Also, successful Kogi, troops of 12 Brigade successful collaboration with hybrid forces and vigilantes rescued 17 kidnap victims aft trailing their abductors from an abandoned autobus to a hideout successful Adavi LGA.

“The victims were safely evacuated and fixed aesculapian attention,” the root said.

The root said the troops of Operations Enduring Peace and Whirl Stroke successful Plateau and Benue States apprehended six suspects for kidnapping, cattle rustling and militia activities.

He added that troops repelled an extremist onslaught connected Nteng colony successful Quan-Pan LGA of Plateau, forcing the insurgents to fly aft sustaining casualties.

“Troops of OPWS besides rescued 2 kidnap victims successful Benue State, 1 of whom had been held since July earlier being abandoned by his captors connected sighting troops.

“In Niger and Kogi States, troops arrested 3 suspected kidnappers and recovered cash, arms, ammunition and different items,” helium added.

The root said troops of Joint Task Force South-South (OPDS) discovered and destroyed implicit 5,000 litres of suspected stolen crude lipid and illegally refined AGO successful Bayelsa and Rivers States during anti-bunkering operations.

According to him, the sustained momentum of these operations is wide grounds of the resoluteness of the Armed Forces to contradict criminals state of enactment crossed the country.

He said the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, had continued to impulse troops to prolong an violative against the terrorists and different criminals crossed theatres of operation.

He besides urged Nigerians to proceed to enactment the subject with timely and credible accusation to heighten ongoing operations. (NAN)

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