During a press briefing with defence correspondents in Abuja on Thursday, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Musa Danmadami, revealed that troops of Operation Hadin Kai had killed 40 terrorists and arrested 25 in the last two weeks.
Major General Danmadami also disclosed that 131 abducted civilians were rescued, and 510 Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa Province terrorists and members of their families, including 54 adult males, 164 adult females, and 292 children, surrendered to troops at various locations within the theatre of operations.
According to Musa Danmadami, the troops also recovered a significant amount of weapons during the operations in the North East over the past two weeks. The seized arsenal includes 16 AK47 rifles, 15 Dane guns, 6 QJC 88 AA guns, 1 QJC 88 barrel, 1 SMG, 2 DSHKAA guns, 2 NSVT AA guns, 1 GMPG, 1 pump action gun, 2 locally made double barrel guns, 1 locally made short gun, 51 rounds of 12.7mm ammunition, and 26 rounds of 12.7 x 108mm ammunition, among others.
Some of the Achievements of the Armed Forces of Nigerian reads in part.
“Troops responded swiftly and pursued the terrorist to Galadamai village close to a forest. Following a fire fight, troops neutralized 3 terrorists and recovered 1 AK47 rifle with a magazine loaded with 10 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition, 8 motorcycles, 151 rustled sheep, 28 camels and 57 cutlasses”.
“Equally, on 28 April and 1 May 2023, troops raided terrorist hideout as well as a suspected gunrunners hideout at Dan-Kampani village in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State and Wukari town in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State. During these operations, troops neutralized 7 terrorists arrested 24 terrorists and 2 suspected gunrunners. Troops equally recovered 7 AK47 rifles, 3 GPMG, 1 dane gun, 1 LMG , 3 fabricated pistol, 1 baretta pistol, 1 locally made revolver pistol, 1 double barrel gun, 8 AK47 magazines, 1 PKT magazines, 64 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 3 rounds of 9mm ammunition and 10 motorcycles”.
“Cumulatively, within the weeks in review, troops in the North West zone recovered 19 AK47 rifles, 1 LMG, 2 dane gun, 3 GPMG, 3 fabricated pistol, 1 baretta pistol, 1 locally made revolver pistol, 1 double barrel gun, 8 AK47 magazines, 1 PKT magazines, 64 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 3 rounds of 9mm ammunition, 6 AGL bombs, 50 rounds of 7.62mm special, 60 cutlasses, 1 boafeng radio, 2 solar panel, 13 mobile phones, 38 motorcycles, 87 bags of rice, 24 cows, 8 donkeys, 28 camels, 102 goats, 231 sheep, 105 wrapped cannabis, 1,035 tablets of tramadol and the sum of N89,000.00 only”.
“Troops also neutralized 25 terrorists, arrested 30 terrorist informants, 6 terrorists logistics suppliers, 2 gunrunners and rescued 4 kidnapped victims. All recovered items, arrested suspects were handed over to the relevant authority for further action, while the rescued kidnapped civilians were given medical attention and handed over to the relevant authority for further action”.