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The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says troops deployed to different theatres of operations across the country neutralized 1,166 terrorists, arrested 1,096 suspected terrorists and other criminal elements in the month of August.
Director Defence Media Operations DMO, Major General Edward Buba who made the disclosure while briefing journalists in Abuja, explained that some of those killed were terrorists’ leaders and commanders, as well as rescued 721 kidnapped hostages.
According to him, the terrorists leaders and commanders killed in North East include Munir Arika, Sani Dilla (aka Dan Hausawan Jibilarram), Ameer Modu, Dan Fulani Fari Fari, Bakoura Araina Chikin, Dungusu, Abu Darda and Abu Rijab.
Those killed in the North West include; Kachalla Dan Ali Garin Fadama, Kachalla Dan Mani Na Inna, Kachalla Basiru Zakariyya, Sani Baka Tsine, Inusa Zangon Kuzi, Ibrahim, Tukur and Kamilu Buzaru, among others.
General Buba noted that troops have significantly dismantled these terror groups in the North East, where they are a diminishing but still active threat.
He said that troops are intensifying operations in the North West, North Central, South East and South South to defeat and dismantle the threats in these areas. The defence DMO further disclosed that troops recovered 391 weapons, 15,234 ammunition from criminal elements in the month of August.
Source: Swifteradio.com
