Troops of the Nigerian Armed Forces say they neutralised 60 terrorists, rescued 42 kidnap victims and arrested 56 suspected collaborators, arms dealers and logistics suppliers in one week.
CDA News Nigeria reports that the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Michael Onoja, disclosed this in an operational update. He said operations covered the North-East, North-West, North-Central and South-East.
CDA News Nigeria gathered that more than 15 terrorists and their relatives also surrendered. In the North-East, troops repelled attacks at Buni Yadi in Yobe and Bitta in Borno, neutralising more than 50 attackers.
Onoja said 50 suspected terrorists, collaborators and suppliers were arrested in the North-East. They included 36 held during motor park searches in Maiduguri, carried out with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
In the North-West, troops rescued victims in Kebbi State. In the North-Central, troops overran kidnappers’ hideouts in Kogi’s Edimogbo and Obele forests and rescued 15 victims in Niger State.
In the South-East, Onoja said troops of Operation Udoka rescued a kidnapped victim at Isuochi, following a gunmen’s attack on a compound in Umunneochi, Abia State, on November 4.
Chief of Defence Staff General Olufemi Oluyede commended the troops. He honoured an officer, a soldier, and a civilian hunter killed in the line of duty, and urged citizens to report suspicious movements through the 193 emergency line.
CDA News Nigeria could not independently verify the figures.
Editorial note: Attributed reporting based on a Defence Headquarters update. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Report errors or request corrections at info@cdanews.ng.
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