The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says troops on inner operations killed 177 terrorists, arrested 263 others and rescued 158 hostages up to now one week.
The director, defence media operations, Main Basic Edward Buba in a press release yesterday stated troops additionally arrested 41 suspected oil thieves and recovered stolen crude value over N501 million.
He added that the troops recovered 170 assorted weapons and 4,692 assorted ammunition throughout the interval underneath assessment.
He gave a breakdown recovered weapons as follows: six PKT weapons, 63 AK47 rifles, three FN rifles, one SMG rifle, 29 regionally fabricated gun, 37 dane weapons, 20 pump motion weapons, one quick double barrel gun, two double barrel weapons, two single barrel weapons, one regionally made single barrel, six regionally fabricated pistols, 4 bandoliers, RPG bombs, RPG charger, two primed IEDs and supplies.
Different gadgets recovered embody: 2,100 rounds of seven.62mm particular ammo, 1,239 rounds of seven.62mm NATO, 419 rounds of seven.62 x 54mm, 212 rounds of 5.56 x 54mm ammo, 722 dwell cartridges, 13 empty instances of seven.62mm ammo, 74 AK47 magazines, two FN magazines, six baofeng radios, 17 autos, 43 bikes, 31 cell phones and the sum of N2,149,700.00 solely amongst different gadgets.
Within the Niger Delta, Basic Buba stated troops found and destroyed 49 unlawful refining websites, 20 dug-out pits, 32 boats and 32 storage tanks.
He stated the troops additionally recovered; 58 cooking ovens, 17 autos, one pumping machine, 5 cell phones, 1,007,115 litres of stolen crude oil and 141,664 litres of illegally refined AGO.
He stated the troops are taking the battle to the terrorist and making important strides every passing day.
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