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From Molly Kilete, Abuja
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Thursday said troops engaged in counter-insurgency and internal security operations across Nigeria arrested 74 terrorists and their collaborators and rescued 318 kidnap victims in November.
Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Michael Onoja, revealed that troops also arrested 25 oil thieves in the South-South, while 69 terrorists and their families surrendered to forces in the North East during the review period.
Gen Onoja, speaking at a media briefing on recent military operations, detailed that troops destroyed 16 illegal refining sites and recovered stolen petroleum products worth N217,664,618.00—totalling 201,700 litres of crude oil and 88,177 litres of diesel in the month.
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He said, “For the month of November, several terrorists, bandits, extremists and other criminal elements were arrested, scores neutralised, and over 69 of them and their family members surrendered, while 318 kidnapped victims were also rescued. Troops foiled oil theft worth Two Hundred and Seventeen Million, Six Hundred and Sixty Four Thousand, Six Hundred and Eighteen Naira (N217,664,618.00), representing 201,700 litres of crude oil and 88,177 litres of AGO, while 16 illegal refining sites were deactivated.”
Onoja noted that the military high command commended troops’ bravery and urged sustained tempo. He called on the public and media to support military efforts against terrorists, non-state actors and support veterans via the Armed Forces Remembrance Day emblem launched by the President.
He assured Nigerians that the military high command is boosting operational efforts amid renewed security threats until peace returns to all troubled regions. “The AFN wishes to inform all Nigerians that we are employing all necessary measures, systems, and activities possible to ensure that the remaining students recently abducted are rescued and returned to their families unhurt.”
