The Military High Command disclosed on Friday that the troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) and other security agencies in the country in the last 12 months have neutralised 8256 terrorists with 6978 arrests whic comprises of terrorists and other criminals and the rescue of 4,463 kidnapped hostages, and recovered 3,320 assorted weapons and 39,075 assorted ammunition in operations across the various theatres of operations across the country against insurgency activities
Director of Defence Media Operations, DMO Major General Edward Buba, revealed this to Defence Correspondents in Abuja while updating on the operations of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) and other security agencies against insurgency activities from January to December 2023
.General Buba said that additionally, troops recovered 100,316,600 litres of crude oil, 60,339,426 litres of AGO, 3,465,450 litres of DPK, and 3,544,990 litres of PMS. respectively
The major threat in the South-East (SE) and South-West (SW) was the secessionist agitations of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Yoruba Nation, respectively said Buba
However, acts of criminality such as kidnapping, armed robbery, communal clashes, and cattle rustling were common across the six geopolitical zones.
It is pertinent to point out that most security threats in the country were fueled by the proliferation of small arms, exacerbated by the influx of illegal arms and ammunition through our porous borders and the preponderance of local arms fabrication factories in the country.
He expressed with delight that the nation’s troops were in a dominant position and were winning the war. against insurgency activities in the six geopolitical zones of the country.
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