Troops thwart oil theft, neutralize 171 terrorists, arrest 302 others in South-South

The Nigerian military says its troops have foiled oil theft valued at N846m in the South-South region.

This is contained in a statement by the Director of Defence, Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba.

Buba said the troops also neutralized 171 terrorists and arrested 302 others.

He added that a total of 25 perpetrators of oil theft were arrested, and 134 kidnapped hostages rescued.

According to the statement, troops recovered 84 assorted weapons and 1,499 assorted ammunition consisting of one PKT gun, one G3 rifle, 3 AK-49 rifles, 44 AK-47 rifles, 10 fabricated rifles, 18 dane guns, 10 pump action guns, 4 locally made pistols, 18 AK-47 magazines, 2 FN magazines, one smoke grenade and one bandolier.

Other recovered items include 843 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 506 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 60 rounds of 7.62 x 54mm ball rimmed, 90 live cartridges, 5 baofeng radios, 11 vehicles, 46 motorcycles, 4 bicycles, 52 mobile phones, cutlasses and the sum of N126,285.00 only amongst others.