The Armed Forces of Nigeria on Thursday said that between 15 and 28 October this year, a total of 1,199 terrorists and their families surrendered to Nigerian troops.
Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko, said while briefing journalists on the activities of the Nigeria military in containing insecurity across the country that those who surrendered comprised of 114 adult males, 312 adult females and 773 children.
General Onyeuko stated that the repentant terrorists surrendered to the military at different locations in the North East.
Onyeuko noted that “a total of 38 terrorist elements were neutralized, including the ISWAP’s new leader, Bako.
“Also, a total of 11 criminal elements including terrorists and their informants and their logistics suppliers were arrested in the course of these operations. Additionally, a total of 29 assorted weapons, 166 rounds of assorted ammunition … 2 gun trucks and 622 bags of fertilizer, used for production of IEDs; while 5 kidnapped civilians were rescued.”
In the Niger Delta, General Onyeuko disclosed that “cumulatively, troops discovered and immobilized a total of 27 illegal refining sites, 57 ovens, 17 cooking pots/boilers, 2 cooling systems, 37 reservoirs, 9 large dugout pits and 27 storage tanks, drums and sacks laden with illegally refined oil products.
Additionally, 9 criminal elements were arrested and one Dane gun, among other items were recovered in the course of the operations in the Zone.
“Consequently, a total of 788,500 litres of illegally refined AGO and 229,000 litres of stolen crude oil were recovered in the course of the operations. Furthermore, troops neutralized 3 armed robbers and rescued 2 civilians kidnapped by the hoodlums; while 5 criminals associated with pipeline vandalism, piracy, illegal oil bunkering and armed robbery were arrested within the period.”
