The Protection Headquarters stated on Thursday that a minimum of 18 suspected terrorists have been arrested within the Abuja Municipal Space Council.
The DHQ acknowledged that the terrorists had been arrested throughout operations on February 14.
The Abuja Municipal Space Council serves because the central hub of the nation's capital and hosts the Presidential Villa, embassies and several other distinguished authorities, personal and worldwide entities.
Talking at a briefing on the actions of the troops throughout the nation in Abuja, Main Basic Edward Buba stated amulets and bulletproof vests, amongst others, had been recovered from the terrorists.
He stated: “Arrest of suspected violent extremists/terrorists: On February 14, 2024, troops in separate operations arrested 18 suspected violent extremists in AMAC of FCT Abuja. Throughout the operations, the troops recovered, amongst different issues, a bulletproof vest, a substance suspected to be hashish, numerous amulets and the sum of N9,000.00.”
Buba stated a complete of 244 terrorists had been arrested and 286 killed throughout operations carried out between February 13 and 22, 2024.
“Throughout the week of reporting, troops neutralized 286 individuals, arrested 244 of them and rescued 122 kidnapped hostages. As well as, the troops recovered 587 numerous weapons and seven,943 numerous ammunition.
“The breakdown is as follows: 207 AK47 rifles, 56 regionally manufactured weapons, 17 pump motion rifles, 10 regionally manufactured pistols, 22 Dane rifles, one FN rifle, 6 double barrel computerized pump motion, 2 double barrel weapons, 2 x 36 handgun grenades and 10 IEDs.
“Others are 4,088 rounds of seven.62mm particular ammunition, 2,529 rounds of seven.62mm NATO, 138 rounds of 9mm ammunition, 39 rounds of seven.62mm refilled ammunition, 331 P445 rounds of seven.62mm particular, 180 rounds of 5.5mm ammunition, 2 PKT hyperlink of seven.62mm particular, 445 reside cartridges, 67 magazines, 6 HH radios, 14 autos, 32 bikes, 34 cell phones and the sum of N4,876,950, amongst others ,00.
Within the operations in opposition to oil thieves, it was famous that crude oil price N2.5 billion was recovered and 83 suspects had been arrested through the interval below evaluate.
“Throughout the SS, troops denied the oil theft of solely an estimated quantity of N2,565,479,720.00. Troops additionally arrested 83 perpetrators of oil theft. Troops within the Niger Delta space uncovered and destroyed 134 dug wells, 79 boats and 116 storage tanks. Different gadgets recovered embrace 149 cooking ovens, a speedboat, 11 autos, 8 bikes and 74 unlawful refining websites. Troops recovered 2,947,770 liters of stolen crude oil, 251,800 liters of illegally refined AGO, 6,125 liters of DPK and 6,790 liters of PMS,” Buba added.
Buba highlighted the efforts of the navy within the combat in opposition to terrorists and bandits and confused the necessity for good governance to quell widespread insecurity.
He stated: “Now we have eradicated a number of terrorists, their leaders and commanders. Troops constantly chase the terrorist and chase him out of his hideouts. Regardless of all this, it appears that evidently extra must be accomplished to win this battle, with out utilizing navy strain.
“Accordingly, we should win this battle now by altering the circumstances that make the insurgents prepared to combat. We should additionally win the battle by growing assist for the federal government at completely different ranges by way of heart-and-mind tasks that show good governance.”
The PUNCH experiences that the DHQ stated in January that troops had killed 43 individuals and arrested 115 through the operations carried out within the first week of the yr.
That is because the DHQ assured Nigerians that it could defeat terrorists and bandits perpetrating evil within the nation.
From January to December 2023, troops killed a complete of 6,886 terrorists and different suspected criminals.
A complete of 6,970 terrorists and different suspects had been additionally arrested in 2023.
