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Nigerian troops deployed for operations in different parts of the country had killed at least 188 terrorists, while they also rescued 133 hostages in the last week.
The troops also recovered assorted weapons from the terrorists including 122 AK47 rifles, 47 locally-fabricated guns, 47 Dane guns, 24 automatic pump action guns, eight locally-fabricated pistols, and Improvised Explosives Devices.
While giving an update on the activities of the troops to journalists in Abuja on Friday, Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj -Gen. Edward Buba, also revealed that 330 terrorists were arrested across the country in the last one week.
Buba stated that the terrorists also lost 5,083 pieces of ammunition to the troops.
Giving breakdown of the operations, Buba explained that in the Northeast, troops of “Operation Hadin Kai’’ neutralised 68 terrorists, arrested 182 suspects and rescued 53 hostages during period.
They recovered 58 AK47 rifles, three PKT guns, 14 fabricated guns, 12 Dane guns, one hand grenade, one bandolier, and 741 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo.
Troops also recovered 510 rounds of 7.62mm NATO ammunition, 151 rounds of 7.62 x 39mm ammunition and 17 magazines from the region.
Buba stated also that 136 terrorists comprising 24 adult males, 38 adult females and 74 children surrendered to troops within the theatre of operations between April 3 and April 9.
“On April 4, following intelligence report on terrorists’ activities, the air component of “Operation Hadin Kai’’ conducted airstrikes on ISWAP/JAS terrorists’ logistics hub and ammunitions fabricating factory around Mandara Mountains.
“Battle Damage Assessment revealed that several terrorists were neutralised and their logistics destroyed as a result of the airstrike.
“Additionally, the air component, in conjunction with Niger’s Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance troops provided close air support for the land component for an operation at Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno.
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