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The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, s said on Wednesday troops of Operation Hadin Kai have killed at least 592 terrorists in Borno and other states in the North since March this year.
The minister stated this while briefing journalists on the efforts by the Federal Government to tackle the country’s security challenges.
He said: “In March this year, a report by the Global Terrorism Index indicated that terrorist attacks were at the lowest in over a decade in Nigeria.
“The Nigerian government did not say this, it is the international community that has given out this information.
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“In the last eight months, the Nigerian military has neutralized over 592 terrorists in Borno State alone. Many of them have been sent to the onward beyond.
“Over 11,200 hostages have been freed and this is still going on. More importantly, over 124 insurgents and their families have surrendered. They have handed over more than 11,000 weapons to the security agencies.”
The minister stressed that the current administration has made multi-million dollar investment in modernized equipment for security agencies.
Idris listed the notorious bandit leaders killed by troops in the North to include Ali Kawaje aka Ali Kachalla, in Munya Local Government Area of Niger State; Zamfara bandit leader, Kachalla Halilu Sububu as well as Halilu Sububu, and 38 of his foot soldiers in Zamfara State.
“In the North-West, especially in Zamfara and Kaduna, 11,250 hostages have been freed and some of the terror leaders that have made life very unbearable for people there have been neutralised.
“They include Ali Kachalla, Boderi, Halilu Sububu and many others. All these have been sent to where they belong. Only this August, the military intercepted and killed in one operation, over 400 armed bandits who had converged to attack a village in Zamfara State,” the minister added.
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