By ZAKAA LAZARUS,ABUJA
The Nigerian Military High Command has said it’s troops fighting crime in all theater of operations have Neutralized about 109 suspected criminals and arrested 81 persons in one week.
Director, Defence Media Operation DDMO, Major General Edward Buba in a statement issued to Defence Correspondents said troops also arrested 6 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 43 kidnapped hostages.
According to General Buba, “In the South South, troops denied the oil theft of the estimated sum of Six Hundred and Eighteen Million Seven Hundred and Fifty-Six Thousand Four Hundred and Seventy Naira (N618,756,470.00) only.
He said, troops recovered 21 assorted weapons and 124 assorted ammunition.
“The breakdown as follows: 9 AK47 rifles, 5 fabricated rifles, 4 dane guns, 3 locally made pistols, 7 magazines, 97 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 22 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 5 live cartridges, 3 baofeng radios, 4 vehicles, 6 motorcycles and 4 mobile phones amongst other items.
General Buba confirmed that troops in the Niger Delta area discovered and destroyed 10 crude oil cooking ovens, 10 dugout pits, 12 boats, 4 storage tanks and 10 illegal refining sites.
He said other items recovered include 3 pumping machines, 12 speedboats, 20 drums, 2 motorcycles, one mobile phone and 4 vehicles among others.
“Troops recovered 631,709 litres of stolen crude oil, 3,140 litres of illegally refined AGO and 2,250 litres of PMS.
“Troops are sustaining the winning ways of ongoing operational engagements.
He said citizens will continue to witness the incremental effectiveness and efficiency of the armed forces
According to him, the armed forces remains focussed and will continuing its counter-insurgency campaign against terrorist and their cohorts operating across the country,” the statement added.
