Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters on Thursday said troops operating in the North-East and North-West parts of the country neutralised 65 terrorists, rescued 135 civilians from terrorists’ den, and arrested 63 logistics suppliers and informants of the Islamic terrorists within two weeks.
Director, Defence Media Operations, Major-General Musa Danmadami, who disclosed this at a media briefing in Abuja on the update of Armed Forces of Nigeria operations between April 20 and May 4, 2023, said troops equally neutralised 40 terrorists, arrested 25 terrorists as well as eight terrorist logistics suppliers.
“Troops also rescued 131 abducted civilians while a total of 510 Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa Province terrorists and members of their families, comprising 54 adult male, 164 adult female and 292 children surrendered to troops at different locations within the theatre of operations,” Danmadami said in the DHQ’s periodic update.
According to him, the troops on the war front recovered 16 AK-47 rifles, 15 dane guns, six QJC 88 AA guns, one QJC 88 barrel, one SMG, two DSHKAA guns, two NSVT AA guns, one GMPG, one pump action gun, two local made double barrel guns, one local made shotgun, 51 rounds of 12.7mm ammunition and 26 rounds of 12.7 x 108mm.
Aside that, 280 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 16 refilled rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 1 rounds of 9mm ammunition, 74 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition, 77 rounds of 7.62 x 51mm ammo, 182 rounds of 7.62 x 54mm ammunition, 15 empty cases of 7.62mm special, 14 empty cases 155mm ammunition, 46 assorted bullets, 4 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), and 48 AK47 rifle magazines were also recovered from the terrorists.
