Nigeria Army kill 869 criminals and Rescue 321 kidnaps victim in Three months

This was created known by the organiser of Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche.

He disclosed 9,040,300 litres of purloined AGO  and 33, 500.00 litres of DPK were recovered throughout varied clearance operations by troops.

According to him, 1, 708 were inactive in reference to varied crimes whereas giant cache of arms and ammunition were conjointly recovered.

He expressed that the military of Federal Republic of Nigeria can stay resolute and extremely committed to the present cause. 

Enenche added: "That efforts and sacrifices were made by the mobile officers and men of the Nigerian Army and other security agencies that conduct these operations progressively.

It therefore behooves on the Country to stay in the general public and put efforts on our unrelenting and committed efforts within the varied theatres of operation.

“Hence, the necessity for this third quarter record book, to grant the overall public a compendious outlook of our performance between July and Sept 2020.

“This would provides a higher perspective of the accumulative results of the operational activities and achievements of the Military operational with sister security agencies within the varied theatres of operation,

“Within the amount beneath review, troops engaged asynchronous of land, maritime and air operations, involving each kinetic and non-kinetic activities across the country in major and subsidiary operations.

“The land operations conducted among others across the varied theatres of operation include; clearance, ambush, raid, picketing, cordon and search operations similarly as artillery bombardments and aggressive patrols.

“Others were maritime operations involving anti-piracy, anti-illegal bunkering, anti-crude oil larceny and anti-pipeline devilment operations similarly as alternative duties like anti-smuggling operations.”

“Furthermore, comprehensive air operations together with air patrols, Intelligence police investigation, intelligence missions, offensive air strikes, air interdictions, search and rescue operations similarly as shut air support and protections.

“These operations resulted within the deletion of many terrorists and bandits, inhibition of activities of economic saboteurs similarly as exposures and forestalling of alternative criminal activities.

All these efforts, are made by  a number of our troops that paid the supreme prize.

However, troops of the military of Federal Republic of Nigeria and alternative security agencies have systematically exhibited gallantry and resilience within the varied operations.

Even as proven in our press releases and weekly briefings, throughout the amount, countless terrorists and bandits are neutralised, others incapacitated and their camps destroyed through ground, maritime and bush.

“In addition, many criminal components, together with position members were killed in action whereas others inactive, generally at the side of their families similarly as informants and gunrunners.

Besides, there area unit records of countless them surrendering to troops thanks to overwhelming superior military posture.

“Other feats recorded within the course of our operations were the rescue of seize victims, repel and forestallment of terrorists attack on civilians and troops similarly as recovery of caches of arms and ammunition, instrumentality and vehicles and lots of stock.

This will conjointly recall that, within the maritime atmosphere, troops in major and subsidiary operations were able to disrupt importation activities, deactivate misappropriated purification sites, arrest perpetrators, seize foreign contraband goods.