Troops of the Nigerian military fighting to rid the country of terrorists and other criminal elements, in May 2024, eliminated a total of 624 terrorists, kidnappers and arrested 1,051 others, including informants, and logistics suppliers.
Following the encounters, troops recovered 707 assorted weapons, 16,487 assorted ammunitions and denied the oil theft of an estimated sum of over N700 million. Others are 4,871,470 litres of stolen crude oil, 931,416 litres of illegally refined AGO and 4,480 litres of PMS amongst other item. He said: “In the North East, troops of Operation Hadin Kai neutralized 69 terrorists, arrested 87 suspects and rescued 28 kidnappers hostages.