Military Vows To Brutally Hunt Down Orchestrators Of Insecurity

The Nigerian Military has vowed to brutally hunt down all orches­trators of insecurity in the coun­try, including terrorists, bandits, kidnappers, oil thieves and other criminal suspects.

This is as it announced that troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria during the week leading to 11 August 2023, had neutralised 38 terrorists, arrested 175 gun­men, criminals, 20 kidnappers, 30 collaborators and 17 pipeline vandals.

A statement by the Director, Defence Media Operations, Ma­jor General Edward Buba, on Fri­day indicated that, “The Armed Forces of Nigeria will not back down in its offensive operations aimed at tackling insecurity across the six geopolitical zones of the country.”

Rather, the military vowed to “brutally hunt down the orches­trators and take appropriate ac­tions to hold them accountable for their actions.”

According to Buba, “The mili­tary, while conducting these oper­ations will continue to take great measures to prevent civilian ca­sualties. Protecting civilians re­mains a vital part of our objective to promote greater security for all Nigerians.

“The uncommon coopera­tion, collaboration and support received from citizens across the country is greatly assisting own operations to yield expected re­sults. Nigerians are speaking up, and the military is doing some­thing about it.

“During the week leading to 11 August 2023, the military neu­tralised 38 terrorists, arrested 175 gunmen/ criminals, 20 kidnap­pers, 30 collaborators and 17 pipe­line vandals. The military also rescued 89 kidnapped hostages. Troops denied the oil theft sabo­teurs the sum of N607,346,750.00 being the value of seizures.

“Furthermore, troops recov­ered 38 assorted weapons and 186 ammunition. The break down as follows: 14 AK 47 rifles, one G3 rifle, one PKT, 3 AK47 rifle loaded with 23 rounds of 7.62mm special, one SMG, 10 Dane guns, 5 locally fabricated pistols, 2 fab­ricated weapons, 2 double barrel guns, one locally made revolv­er, 3 locally fabricated pistols, 151 rounds of 7.62mm special, 5 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 16 rounds of 9mm ammo, 16 rounds 5.56 x 45mm ammo, 5 rounds of 7.62mm special (refilled), 12 AK47 magazines, one G3 rifle maga­zine, one FN rifle magazine, one magazine containing 30 rounds of 7.62mm special and 7 empty cases of 7.62mm special.

Miscellaneous items recov­ered include; 33 motorcycles, 30 mobile phones, 4 tricycles, 4 mo­torola HH radios, 4 vehicles, 10 bags of fertilizers, 73 livestock, 7 cutlasses, one magazine pouch, 2 solar panels, 10 litres of PMS, Nigerian Police uniform, 2 gas cylinders, one power bank, one pairs of woodland and desert camouflages each. Troops also re­covered the sum of N2,592,240.00.

“Troops of Operation Delta Safe destroyed 39 illegal refining sites, 72 dugout pits, 65 wooden boats, 70 storage tanks and 119 cooking ovens. Other sundry equipment include 2 speedboats, 5 outboard engines, and 4 pump­ing machines. Troops recovered 1,247,700 litres of stolen crude oil, 132,500 litres of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil, 57,450 litres of Dual Purpose Kerosine and 800 litres of Premium Motor Spirit.”

Source: independent.ng