The Defence Headquarters yesterday said troops on Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) have seized 983,350 litres of crude oil, 144,980 litres of diesel, and 71,650 litres of kerosene in the last two weeks.
Troops also destroyed 53 illegal refineries, 253 cooking ovens and arrested 19 suspected oil thieves.
Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, during a news conference at the DHQ yesterday, said the military will continue to fine-tune its operations to meet the changing security challenges in the country.
Gen. Buba, who gave further updates on troops’ operations in other parts of the country, said troops of Operation HADIN KAI in Northeast killed 12 terrorists, arrested 26 and rescued six kidnap victims during several operations in the last two weeks.
In the North Central, troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN and Operation WHIRL STROKE killed six terrorists, arrested 40 others and rescued four kidnap victims.
Gen. Buba added,
“In the North West, troops of Operation HADARIN DAJI neutralised nine terrorists, arrested 12 others, and rescued 25 hostages. Troops also recovered 10 AK-47 rifles, one locally-made gun, 155 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, one magazine and one vehicle.
“Also troops of Operation WHIRL PUNCH eliminated four terrorists, arrested 31 suspected terrorists and rescued seven kidnapped hostages. Troops also recovered five AK-47 rifles, one fabricated rifle, two pump action guns, 94 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, eight empty cases of 9mm ammo, six empty cases of 7.62 mm NATO ammo (blank ammo), 10 empty cases of 7.62 mm special ammo, among others.
“Troops of Operation UDO KA in the Southeast arrested five IPOB/ESN fighters, arrested 12 suspected criminals and rescued seven kidnap victims. They also recovered two locally-made guns, four rounds of 7.62 mm Special ammo, one FN rifle barrel, IED materials, 10 water gel explosives, three detonators, one detonating cord, among others.”
Recovered items, arrested suspects and rescued hostages have been handed over to the relevant authority for further action, Gen. Buba added.
