A complete of 572 terrorists have been neutralised and one other 790 suspected terrorists arrested whereas 479 kidnapped hostages had been rescued in July 2024, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has stated.
Director Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba disclosed this in an announcement on Friday the place he assured of the Armed Forces’ dedication to make sure stability within the ongoing nationwide protest.
He stated, “The armed forces search to convey stability wherever it could be wanted within the face of ongoing protests throughout the nation. We’ve got tightened safety in a number of areas, taking into account the protest was hijacked and turned violent in some elements of the nation”.
Maj.-Gen. Buba stated troops additionally recovered 440 weapons, 10,589 ammunitions and stolen crude price over N3 billion (N3,652,382,080.00).
He gave the breakdown of recovered objects within the month of July to incorporate however not restricted to 232 AK47 rifles, 93 domestically fabricated weapons, 82 Dane weapons, 32 pump motion weapons, 5,041 rounds of seven.62mm particular ammo, 2,768 rounds of seven.62mm NATO, 659 cartridges, 63 assorted arms and a pair of,259 assorted ammunitions.
Different objects recovered comprise 3,650,080 litres of stolen crude oil, 625,518 litres of illegally refined AGO, 450 litres of DPK and 1,230 litres of PMS, amongst different objects.
On the bomb blast recorded in Borno State, Buba regretted that 17 civilians died with a number of others wounded within the incident.
He defined that the incident occurred when a feminine suicide bomber infiltrated and detonated her suicide vest in Kawuri Village of Konduga native authorities space of the state.
“The incident resulted in 17 civilian deaths with a number of others wounded and receiving therapy in hospital”.
Common Buba assured that the army remained dedicated, and robust in its mission of defending the nation and defending residents.
He due to this fact urged the residents to not compromise on safety, saying in any other case that the safety of everybody could be compromised.
