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Troops Neutralize Notorious Terrorist Commander Munzur Ya Audu, 115  Others In One Week

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November 21, 2024
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By ZAKAA LAZARUS-Abuja.

The Military High Command DHQ, has confirmed the killing of a notorious Terrorists commander  Munzur Ya Audu and 115 other criminals across all theater of operations.
The DHQ also said troops  arrested 238 person within the week under review.
Director, Defence Media Operations DDMO, Major General Edward Buba disclosed this while briefing journalist at the Defence Headquarters on Thursday in Abuja.
According to General Buba,
“the aim of the armed forces in the ongoing counter terrorism and counter insurgency war remains to find and destroy the terrorist and their cohorts  whenever they maybe hiding in the country.
He said ,  achieving this aim, the military recognise the need to  continue to act and respond forcefully against terrorist.
Buba said, the military is  collecting intelligence, hunting Terrorists and striking locations in which they are confirmed to be hibernating.
He said “troops killed a notorious terrorist commander named Munzur Ya Audu in the North East through well executed operations.
“Furthermore, serious efforts has been emplaced  at  dismantling the military capabilities as well as the destroy the terror networks of these groups.
“Troops are also actively targeting terrorist logistics bases and other structures that have affiliation to terror groups.
“During the week under review, troops Neutralized 115 and arrested 238 persons.
General Buba also confirmed that Troops have arrested 51 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 138 kidnapped hostages.
“In the South South, troops denied the oil theft of the estimated sum of Nine Hundred and Twenty One Million Eight Hundred and Forty Seven Thousand One Hundred and Forty Six Naira (N921,847,146.00) only.
“Furthermore, troops recovered 145 assorted weapons and 3,825 assorted ammunition.
“The breakdown as follows: one GPMG, 2 PKT guns, 68 AK47 rifles, 2 AK56 rifles, 24 fabricated rifles, 28 dane guns, one fabricated revolver pistol, 6 locally made pistols, one pistol, 8 pump action guns, one hand grenade, 4 fabricated hand grenades, one RPG bomb and 3 explosives.
“Others are: 2,093 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 246 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 317 rounds of 7.62mm GPMG/PKM ammo, 129 live cartridges, 28 shotgun cartridges, 500 empty case of MG ammo, 147 empty cases of 7.62mm ammo, 3 empty cases of cartridges, 54 magazines, 3 baofeng radios, 3 handheld radios, one bandolier, 12 vehicles, 24 motorcycles, 11 bicycles, 51 mobile phones and the sum of N7,245,500.00 only amongst other items.    
“Troops in the Niger Delta area discovered and destroyed 78 crude oil cooking ovens, 21 dugout pits, 56 boats, 56 drums, 26 storage tanks and 56 illegal refining sites. Other items recovered include 2 speedboats, one barge, 2 tricycles, one pumping machine, 2 walkie talkie, 2 outboard engines, 9 mobile phones and 12 vehicles among others.
“Troops recovered 872,070 litres of stolen crude oil and 67,985 litres of illegally refined AGO. 
“Based on the foregoing,  it is clear that troops focus is on fighting terrorist across the country.
He  said  the air force has been striking the terrorist enclaves with air attacks.
Troops have also exerted significant military power on areas in which the terrorists are hibernating.
” There is no gain stating that, we are at war against a cruel and vicious enemy. It is therefore imperative that we degrade their military capability and effectiveness.
” Overall, troops are mission focussed, prepared and motivated to winning the war against terrorism. We recognise that, it is a difficult task and that there would be casualties.
“We are doing our possible best to minimize the casualties.
“On the whole, it is our pride as a force to place ourselves in harms way in order to protect our citizens.
“We full committed to defeating all threat in order for citizens to live in a safer and more secured environment.
“This is the sacrifice we make as a force, for our nation “, he noted.

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