In 1 Week, Troops Eliminate 104 Bandits, 92 Terrorists–DMO
In just one week, troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, have eliminated 104 bandits terrorizing various states in the North West, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said.
This is just as troops of Operation Lafiya Dole (OLD), in the North East, neutralized no fewer than 92 Boko Haram fighters, in several encounters, between 2 and 9 June, 2020.
In a press briefing on Thursday in Abuja, Maj. Gen. John Enenche, said the troops of OLD have continued to exhibit sustained resilience in the fight against terrorism in the North East Zone of the Country.
“This has been evident in their recent encounters with the BHT/ISWAP elements across the North East theatre of operation. During the period under review, troops’ encounters with the criminal elements resulted in the destruction of their structures and equipment, as well as the capture of arms and ammunition. Our gallant troops also rescued some hostages with some criminal elements surrendering to the troops,” he stated.
Maj. Gen. Enenche, who is the Coordinator of the Defence Media Operations (DMO), added that three repentant bandits, within the period under review, also embraced peace and surrendered to the troops with their arms and ammunition.
He said: “In addition, 367 cows and 184 sheep rustled, were recovered.”
In the North-Central Zone, the Coordinator of DMO, disclosed that troops of Operations Safe Haven conducted several ambushes, raids, clearance patrols and air operations at various locations within the zone which resulted in appreciable successes within the period under review.
According to him, troops also rescued four herders from suspected militias in Dong village of Bassa LGA of Plateau state on 5 July 2020.
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He said: “Furthermore, within the period, troops equally arrested 3 notorious armed robbers during a raid at Jenta Maskeri, Jenta Adamu, and Jenta Mangoro areas in Jos North LGA of Plateau State. The robbers, Amos Bulu, Benjamin Timothy, and Geoffrey Samson were arrested with one fabricated pistol, one cartridge shell, one knife, 2 mobile phones, and one dummy pistol.”
On a non-kinetic note, Gen. Enenche, explained that as part of Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) activities under Operation Safe Haven, the theatre command has completed the drilling of boreholes in Nkindero and Fulani settlements in Bassa LGA of Plateau State.
Meanwhile, in the South-South zone of the country, the Maritime Component of Operation Delta Safe specifically, Nigerian Navy Ship Delta and Pathfinder impounded 565,000 litres of suspected illegally refined AGO.
“These significant feats were recorded in Opumami community and Opuedebubor Creek in Warri South LGA of Delta State as well Mejikiri, Buguma in Asari Toru LGA of Rivers State.
“Similarly, troops of Sector 1 Operation Delta Safe in conjunction with Forward Operating Base Escravos have deactivated all Illegal Refining Sites (IRS) identified within Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) pipeline general area.
“During the operations, a total of 17 IRS were deactivated at Agor-Illa Warri southwest LGA while 30,000 litres of illegally refined AGO and 125.7 barrels of stolen crude oil were impounded,” the DMO Coordinator further said, at the briefing.
Hear him: “In another development, on 2 Jul 20, Forward Operating Base Escravos took custody of Tug Gulf Eagle with 10 crew from Nigerian Navy Ship Bomadi. The vessel was arrested by Nigerian Navy Ship Bomadi off Ramos River Entrance for operating without her Automatic Identification System. At the time of arrest, the vessel had 125,000 litres of AGO. The vessel was subsequently moved to NNS Delta for further investigation.”
