The Defence Headquarters says Nigerian troops have, in the last week, killed 38 terrorists, apprehended 242 others and rescued 89 kidnapped hostages in different operations across the country. Mr Buba, a brigadier general, said the apprehended suspects comprised 175 gunmen/criminals, 20 kidnappers, 30 collaborators and 17 pipeline vandals. He said the troops had also within the week killed three terrorists, arrested 13 suspected criminals, and five kidnappers and rescued three kidnapped hostages. According to him, troops of Operation Whirl Stroke also killed seven terrorists, arrested three suspects and rescued three kidnapped hostages. In the North West, Buba said troops of Operation Hadarin Daji neutralised five terrorists, arrested eight suspects and rescued nine kidnapped hostages while several terrorists’ camps were destroyed.

Source: The Guardian August 12, 2023 05:06 UTC