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The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) claimed on Thursday that troops deployed to theatres of operation killed several suspected insurgents in the northern part of the country in the last two weeks.
The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, disclosed this to journalists at a media briefing in Abuja.
He said the troops apprehended 62 suspects and rescued 30 kidnapped persons during the period.
Kangye declared that the troops had sustained a tempo of operation against terrorists, bandits and other criminal elements across the country.
He said: “In the North-East, troops of Operation HADIN KAI recorded major successes between October 8 and 16 through coordinated land and air offensives in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States.
“During the encounters, several terrorists were neutralised, 16 collaborators and informants arrested, and seven kidnapped victims rescued.
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“Troops also recovered assorted arms and ammunition, vehicles, fuel, and ₦5.14 million cash, while terrorists’ hideouts were destroyed.”
“In the North-West, Kangye said the troops of Operation HADARIN DAJI killed several bandits, apprehended 14 suspects, and rescued six kidnapped victims.
“They also apprehended a suspected gunrunner and two members of a drug cartel in Kaduna and Zamfara States, recovering 1,307 rounds of ammunition, vehicles, motorcycles, cannabis, and ₦227,000 cash.
“In the North-Central, the troops of Operations Enduring Peace and Whirl Stroke foiled terror attacks and intensified patrols in Plateau, Kaduna, Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba States.
“Troops arrested 11 suspects and recovered weapons and motorcycles, while four others apprehended earlier were convicted and sentenced to one year imprisonment each for conspiracy and theft.”
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