Troops rescue over 100 hostages, foil oil theft, neutralize scores of terrorists in sweeping nationwide operations

By Kingsley Omonobi

The Armed Forces of Nigeria person rescued implicit 100 kidnapped victims and neutralized scores of terrorists and transgression elements successful a bid of coordinated operations crossed the state implicit the past 7 days.

According to Major General Markus Kangye, Director of Defence Media Operations, the troops besides intercepted ample caches of weapons and ammunition, arrested respective logistics suppliers, collaborators, and gunrunners, and disrupted lipid theft activities worthy much than ₦224 cardinal successful the Niger Delta.

He said troops foiled the theft of implicit 22,000 litres of crude lipid products, including 5,500 litres of diesel and 150,000 litres of petrol, portion destroying aggregate amerciable refining sites and arresting 8 suspects.

North East Operations

Kangye disclosed that troops nether Operation Hadin Kai eliminated respective Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters successful Borno and Adamawa States.

During the operations, 9 suspected terrorists were arrested, 3 hostages rescued, and aggregate weapons recovered.

Additionally, 12 suspected collaborators and informants were apprehended crossed Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe States, portion logistics items, vehicles, drugs, and ample quantities of petroleum products were seized.

North West Operations

In the North West, troops nether Operation Hadarin Daji and Operation Fasin Yamma rescued 33 kidnapped civilians and arrested 8 terrorists during raids successful Kaduna, Kebbi, Zamfara, Katsina, and Sokoto States.

Two motorcycles, mobile phones, and ₦3 cardinal suspected to beryllium ransom payments were recovered.

North Central Operations

Troops of Operation Safe Haven and Operation Enduring Peace responded to aggregate distress calls successful Plateau and Kaduna States, sidesplitting respective extremists and rescuing 2 kidnapped victims.

Weapons, vehicles, and ₦1.3 cardinal successful currency were confiscated.

Similarly, troops nether Operation Whirl Stroke arrested 3 suspected criminals and rescued 2 hostages during operations successful Taraba, Kogi, Benue, and Nasarawa States.

Niger Delta Operations

In the oil-rich Niger Delta, troops of Operation Delta Safe destroyed respective amerciable refining sites and arrested 8 suspects.

During abstracted operations successful Rivers and Delta States, troops rescued 1 kidnapped unfortunate and recovered assorted weapons and instrumentality utilized by the suspects.

South East Operations

In the South East, troops nether Operation Udoka arrested a wanted commandant of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN), identified arsenic Uche Okafor, besides known arsenic Whipper, on with 4 others successful Imo and Abia States.

Four further suspects were arrested successful Anambra and Enugu States, portion weapons, vehicles, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were recovered.

Major General Kangye emphasized that each operations were conducted successful enactment with planetary standards, with strict adherence to quality rights and the extortion of civilian lives.

He commended the troops for their professionalism and reaffirmed the military’s committedness to restoring bid and stableness crossed the nation.

“The Armed Forces stay committed to denying state of enactment to terrorists, insurgents, bandits, kidnappers, and different transgression elements.

These operations show our determination to support nationalist information and enactment economical stability,” Kangye stated.

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