Military guns down 148 terrorists in Bauchi, others

No fewer than 148 terrorists have been killed during operations across various theatres in the last week.

Also, 258 suspects were arrested, including two terrorist ammunition couriers identified as Danweri and Abubakar Hamza.

The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj-Gen. Edward Buba disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.

According to him, the two ammunition couriers were arrested in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

Buba said, “During the week, troops in the North Central theatre of operation intercepted and apprehended two ammunition couriers that collaborated with the terrorist.

“The arrested persons, identified as Danweri and Abubakar Hamza, were apprehended in Alkaleri LGA of Bauchi State and cooperating with troops. Troops neutralised a total of 148 and arrested 258 persons. Rescued 291 kidnapped hostages.

Buba also said the troops arrested 51 suspected oil thieves and recovered crude oil worth N798m.

He said, “Troops also arrested 51 perpetrators of oil theft and In the SS, troops denied the oil theft of the estimated sum of N798,146,470.00.

“Troops in the Niger Delta area discovered and destroyed 68 crude oil cooking ovens, 13 dugout pits, 41 boats, 45 storage tanks and 66 illegal refining sites.

“Other items recovered include 4 speedboats, one pumping machine, 150 drums, one generator, 2 motorcycles, 2 mobile phones, one drone and 5 vehicles among others. Troops recovered 657,470 litres of stolen crude oil, 127,870 litres of illegally refined AGO and 5,000 litres of DPK.”

Buba also said troops recovered 146 assorted weapons and 2,599 assorted ammunition.

Sunday PUNCH reports that between January and December 5, 2024, a total of

8,034 terrorists were killed and 11,623 arrested during various operations across the country in 2024.

Also, crude oil worth N57,052,218,551 was recovered and 6,376 kidnapped victims were rescued during the same period.