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General News of Friday, 8 January 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Troops kill 16 terrorists, rescue 12 kidnapped victims in a week

File photo: Major-General John Enenche File photo: Major-General John Enenche

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has stated that soldiers on counter-insurgency operations have killed and arrested 16 bandits and rescued 12 kidnapped persons in the past one week.

Major-General John Enenche, Coordinator, Defence Media Operations made the statement at a press briefing on the update of the military operations conducted between December 31 to January 6.

According to him, the troops also recovered several arms and ammunitions from the criminals, destroyed some illegal refineries in the South part of the country and recovered over 600,000 barrel of stolen crude from criminals operating in the zone.

Enenche added that within the period under review, the soldiers have intensified operations on aggressive clearance patrols, rescue operations ambushes and aerial patrols that led to the rescue of abducted persons, killing of bandits and other criminals group and the recovery of arms and ammunition.

“The Armed Forces of Nigeria and other security agencies have continued their major operations across the country with renewed vigour.

“Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji and other subsidiary operations have sustained their operations in the North-West zone of the country progressively. The gallant troops within the period carried out several operations, including rescue operations as well as clearance, ambushes and aerial patrols,” he said.