The Defence Headquarters says troops have eliminated more than 100 terrorists in air interdictions carried out on the border between Niger and Zamfara states.
While giving an update on military operations across the country in the last one week, the Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, said the operations also decimated many insurgents in other parts of the country.
Buba said the military in a surgical operation targeted at the residence of an ISWAP terrorist commander in Niger, made several arrests and discoveries.
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According to him, the troops also arrested 14 suspected oil thieves and rescued 68 hostages in the South-South, as well as denied oil thieves an estimated N1.212 billion from the illicit business.
He also gave an update on the operation in the Niger Delta where troops of Operation Delta Safe, destroyed 63 illegal refining sites and recovered stolen products which comprised 962,500 litres of stolen crude oil; 35,420 litres of illegally refined AGO and 38,450 litres of DPK.
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