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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Troops of the Nigerian military killed 43 terrorists and arrested 76 others in the South-South geopolitical zone of the country.<\/p>\n

The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen.<\/p>\n

According to him, the troops also arrested 29 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 27 kidnapped hostages.<\/p>\n

The military spokesman added that troops recovered 81 assorted weapons and 2,150 assorted ammunition.<\/p>\n

The breakdown of the recovered arms is as follows: \u201cOne NSVT AA gun, one GPMG, one PKMG, 36 AK47 rifles, one RPG 7 tube, 2 AGL bombs, 4 pump action guns, 4 locally fabricated guns, 8 dane guns, 3 shotguns, one cut-to-short dane gun, 2 beretta pistols, one damaged AK47 rifle, 2 RPG chargers, wooden stock of AK47 rifles, LMG magazine, 8 bandoliers and 42 magazines.<\/p>\n

\u201cOthers are: 272 belted rounds of 7.62 x 51mm, 268 rounds of 7.62 x 54mm, 557 rounds of 7.62 x 39mm special, 1000 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 3 rounds of 12.7 x 108mm, 6 rounds of 9mm ammo, one AA ammo, 74 live cartridges, empty cases of 7.62mm special ammo, 2 vehicles, 25 motorcycles, 21 mobile phones, 6 baofeng radios and the sum of N1,266,920.00 only amongst other items.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buba further disclosed that troops in the Niger Delta area discovered and destroyed 7 dugout pits, 13 boats, 23 storage tanks, 2 barges and 4 vehicles.<\/p>\n

\u201cOther items recovered include 15 cooking ovens, 2 pump machines and 16 illegal refining sites. Troops recovered 139,045 litres of stolen crude oil, 25,115 litres of illegally refined AGO and 5,200 litres of DPK.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Armed Forces will always be mindful of the threat by kidnapping gangs and terrorists across the country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Buba said the military will continually review internal processes in order to deal with identified threats.<\/p>\n

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