Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTroops Kill Over 130 Terrorists In Three Weeks In North-East and North–West

Troops of Operations Hadin Kai and Hadarin Daj have killed no fewer than 130 Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa State Province terrorists in the last three weeks at separate destinations in the North-East and North–West.

Addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, also said troops apprehended four terrorist commanders and 12 logistics suppliers.

Maj.-Gen. Danmadami added that 423 terrorists and members of their families comprising 41 males, 126 females and 222 children surrendered to troops.

According to him, during the operations, the team intercepted 429 motorcycles, adding that, “The motorcycles were subsequently crushed the same day in an open field at Lugbe in the presence of all participating security agencies.

“Equally, on December 16, 2022, troops in conjunction with other security agencies conducted a fighting patrol to Kassanki village in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory and arrested five suspected kidnappers in their hideout.

“Cumulatively, within the weeks in focus, troops recovered 20 AK47 rifles, two G3 rifles, five FN rifles, two QJC guns, one gun truck, 2,411 rounds of 7.62mm special, 143 belted rounds of 7.62mm NATO, one Barretta pistol, 26 AK47 magazines, four bandoliers, 4 x 36 hand grenades, 1 x 42 hand grenade, one RPG tube, one HEAP bomb, one HEAT bomb, one mortar tube, two mortar tripod stands, and a 60mm mortar bomb.

“Other items recovered are 33 motorcycles, 33 bicycles, medical suppliers, 50 pieces of male and female fabrics, bags of grains, jerry cans of groundnut oil, cartons of detergents, the sum of N291,060 and other sundry items.”

“Troops in conjunction with other security agencies raided Karamajiji and Lugbe areas in Abuja Municipal Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory to rid the areas of criminals,” he said.

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Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.

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