The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) Friday says troops deployed to different theatres of operations neutralised 109 and arrested 81 persons in one week.
The military high command also said troops arrested 6 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 43 kidnapped hostages.
Director Defence Media Operation Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, added that in the South South, troops denied the oil thieves crude estimated to worth the sum of Six Hundred and Eighteen Million Seven Hundred and Fifty-Six Thousand Four Hundred and Seventy Naira (N618,756,470.00) only.
He said the armed forces remains focused and is continuing its counter-insurgency campaign against terrorist and their cohorts operating across the country
He revealed that troops recovered 21 assorted weapons and 124 assorted ammunition.
According to him, the breakdown as follows: “9 AK47 rifles, 5 fabricated rifles, 4 dane guns, 3 locally made pistols, 7 magazines, 97 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 22 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 5 live cartridges, 3 baofeng radios, 4 vehicles, 6 motorcycles and 4 mobile phones amongst other items.”
He disclosed that troops in the Niger Delta area discovered and destroyed 10 crude oil cooking ovens, 10 dugout pits, 12 boats, 4 storage tanks and 10 illegal refining sites.
“Other items recovered include 3 pumping machines, 12 speedboats, 20 drums, 2 motorcycles, one mobile phone and 4 vehicles among others.
“Troops recovered 631,709 litres of stolen crude oil, 3,140 litres of illegally refined AGO and 2,250 litres of PMS.”
He said troops are sustaining the winning ways of ongoing operational engagements.
“Accordingly, citizens will continue to witness the incremental effectiveness and efficiency of the armed forces,” he said.