The Nigerian military on Thursday has said it troops sustained operational tempo against crude oil thieves and other criminals, during the period under review 23 perpetrators of oil theft discovered and destroyed 21 illegal refining sites and handed over a total of 75 persons comprising 7 adult males, 34 adult females and 34 children to the representatives of Borno State Government in the Maiduguri Metropolitan Council.
Director Defence Media Operations, Major General Markus Kangye during the biweekly media briefing at the Defence Headquarters noted that troops foiled oil theft estimated to the tune of about Four Hundred and Sixty One Million, Seven Hundred and Eighty Three Thousand, Eight Hundred and Sixty Eight Naira (N461,783,868.00) only
Giving a breakdown of the things recovered, Maj.General Kangye revealed that 247,629 litres of stolen crude oil and 198,374 litres of illegally refined AGO. He added that, troops discovered and destroyed 36 crude oil cooking ovens, 42 dugout pits.
Other items recovered include pumping machines, tricycles, motorcycles, mobile phones and some vehicles amongst others. In a related development, troops recovered huge cache of assorted arms and ammunition during the week.
On other operations across various theatres, Maj. Gen Kangye said several terrorists were neutralized. Their collaborators were also apprehended, while some kidnapped victims were rescued. The week also witnessed the handover of 75 persons comprising 7 adult males, 34 adult females and 34 children to the representatives of Borno State Government in the Maiduguri Metropolitan Council.
Between 10 - 19 March 2025, scores of terrorists comprising adult males, adult females and some children surrendered to troops within the theatre of operation following the ongoing onslaught by our gallant troops.
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai conducted operations in Damboa, Ngazai, Monguno, Abadam and Guzamala LGAs of Borno State as well as Gujba LGA of Yobe State respectively.
During the operations, some terrorists were neutralized, others were apprehended, while some kidnapped hostages were rescued. They also recovered Ak47 rifles, locally fabricated rifles, as well as assorted rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition. Also recovered were AK47 magazines, IEDs, several unexploded ordnance devices as well as 2 vehicles and terrorists' motorcycles.
From 11 - 16 March 2025, troops intercepted and arrested 14 terrorist collaborators in Dikwa, Damboa, Gubio LGAs of Borno State as well as Gujba LGA of Yobe State. During the operations, some customized IED terrorists were neutralized including a senior terrorists fighter identified as Babangida in Kinpin Dan Sa'adi enclave in Kaura Namoda and arrested others.
Troops of Operation FASAN YAMMA also recovered some AK47 rifles, locally fabricated guns, and cache of assorted 7.62mm ammunition, as well as motorcycles and mobile phones from them. From 12 - 16 March 2025, troops responded to information about terrorists' activities in Shanga and Bukkuyum LGAs of Zamfara State as well as Faskari, Danmusa and Sabuwa LGAs of Katsina and Kebbi States respectively. Similar operations were also conducted in Tangaza and Gudu LGAs of Sokoto State. During the encounters, scores of terrorists were
And anti-criminality operations responded to information about violent extremists' activities in Abuja Municipa Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory and Esan North East LGA of Edo State. During the operations, 3 kidnappers were arrested while 2 hostages were rescued. One locally fabricated rifle, some live cartridges and the sum of N17,900.00 were recovered.
He pledged that the gallant men and women of the AFN will continue to carry out their constitutional responsibilities of protecting lives and properties of all Nigerians in line with our constitutional roles, Rules of Engagement and Code of Conduct for Internal Security Operations.