WATCH LIST: Military Declares 9 Notorious Terrorist Commanders Wanted
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has declared nine notorious terrorist commanders operating in Nigeria’s northwest region wanted, urging citizens to provide information about the criminals.
This comes as the military said in October 2024, troops neutralized 481 terrorists arrested 741 others while also rescued 492 kidnapped hostages.
Major General Edward Buba, Director of Defence Media Operations declared this in a statement today.
He said despite mourning the loss of Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. TA Lagbaja, the military remains committed to defeating terrorism and ensuring citizen safety.
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Giving the breakdown, Buba said troops recovered 480 weapons and 9,026 assorted ammunitions. Whilst they denied the oil theft of an estimated sum of close to #4 bn (N3,896,400.960.00) only.
“In the month of October, troops recovered 263 AK47 rifles, 81 locally fabricated guns, 91 dane guns, 76 pump action guns, 5,683 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 1,944 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 642 cartridges, 160 assorted arms and 1,526 assorted ammunitions. Others are 3,226,645 litres of stolen crude oil, 763,860 litres of illegally refined AGO and 12,690 litres of PMS amongst other item.
“Accordingly, the military will continue work decisively to kill the terrorists, stop the insecurity in the nation and ensure the safety of citizens. The armed forces remains in a good and strong position in this war, and will win this war”, the statement read.
