The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said troops on internal operations across the country killed 253 terrorists, arrested 172 others and rescued 206 hostages within one week.
The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba who disclosed this in a statement on Friday said troops also arrested 15 suspected oil thieves and recovered stolen products worth N1,073,829,500.00 within the period.
Buba also said troops recovered 251 assorted weapons and 4,113 assorted ammunition in the period under review.
He gave the breakdown of recovered items to include one GPMG, 118 AK47 rifles, 54 locally fabricated gun, 47 dane guns, six pump action guns, two locally fabricated pump action guns, five double barrel guns, four single barrel guns, four locally fabricated pistol, 4 IED, 60mm mortar tube, two AK butts, MRAP and one bandolier.
Others are: 2,047 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 942 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 98 rounds of 9mm ammo, 342 rounds of 7.62 x 54mm, 334 rounds of 7.62 x 39mm,…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
