Troops on operation in the North West and North Central region have arrested three high profile terrorists’ leaders in the past week.
While Hamisu Sale (aka Master) and Abubakar Muhammad were in North Central, Bako Wurgi, an ally of wanted high profile terrorist Bello Turji, was arrested in the North West.
The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj-Gen Edward Buba, announced this in a statement on Friday.
He said Wurgi was linked to the murder of a traditional ruler in Sokoto State.
Gen. Buba said Wurgi succumbed to gunshot injuries sustained during the fire fight, but had provided “valuable intelligence to support troops operations before he died.”
Giving an update on other feats achieved by the troops within the past week, the Defence spokesman said troops killed 212 terrorists, arrested 272 suspected criminals, and rescued 152 kidnap victims.
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On successes recorded in the Niger Delta region, Gen. Buba said troops destroyed 61 illegal refining sites, and recovered 940,372 litres of stolen crude, 252,000 litres of illegally refined diesel and 132 litres of petrol valued at over one billion naira.
He said troops also discovered and destroyed 35 crude oil cooking ovens, 27 dugout pits, 35 boats, 51 storage tanks, five speedboats, five receivers, 59 drums, three motorcycles, three mobile phones and eight vehicles.
Buba said troops recovered 247 high caliber weapons and 6,174 ammunition in the course of their operations across the country in the past week.
He said: “The breakdown are as follows: two RPG UXO4, 110 AK47 rifles, 56 fabricated rifles, 36 dane guns, two FN rifles, two baretta pistols, 15 locally made pistols, two revolver pistols, 12 pump action guns, two double barrel guns, one single barrel gun, one RPG bomb, one RPG tube, two exploded RPG chargers, one PKM link, one link of GPMG and 70 AK47 magazines.
“Others are 3,235 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 1,583 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 130 rounds of 7.62 x 51mm ammo, 400 rounds of 7.62 x 39mm ammo, 92 rounds of 7.62 x 54mm ammo, 107 rounds of 9mm ammo, 311 live cartridges, one FN magazine, amongst other items.”
