Nigerian Army has disclosed that its operations since the beginning of the year have resulted in the killing of 8,034 terrorists, arrest of 11,623 and the rescue of 6,376 hostages.

The disclosure was made by the Director of Defence Media Operations (DMO), Major General Edward Buba, who disclosed that troops recovered 8,216 weapons, 211,459 ammunitions and denied oil thieves an estimated sum over N57 billion.

According to him, troops have been confronted by different threats in five active theatres of operations across the country, namely North-East, North-West, North-Central, South-South and South-East.

He hinted that troops adopted a high level of alert and an increased state of readiness to protect the country from further terrorist aggression and insecurity.

“Troops’ aggression across various theatres of operations since the beginning of the year culminated in 8,034 neutralised terrorists, 11,623 arrests and 6,376 rescued hostages. Furthermore, troops recovered 8,216 weapons, 211,459 ammunitions and denied oil theft of an estimated sum over N57 billion (N57,052,218,551.00).

“Overall, the military is keeping up the pressure through ongoing operations in the various theatres across the country. The military is, through these operations, increasingly creating conditions in which terrorist cannot carry out acts of terror or harm citizens.”

“On the whole, the armed forces are constantly examining ways to improve the effectiveness of its operations and guarantee the safety of citizens. Relatedly, operations are on an upward trajectory to winning the war.”