{"id":145872,"date":"2025-01-10T22:17:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T21:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerian-troops-neutralize-109-terrorists-rescue-43-hostages-in-one-week"},"modified":"2025-01-13T16:21:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T15:21:53","slug":"nigerian-troops-neutralize-109-terrorists-rescue-43-hostages-in-one-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigerian-troops-neutralize-109-terrorists-rescue-43-hostages-in-one-week","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian troops neutralize 109 terrorists, rescue 43 hostages in one  week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>In the last one week, Armed Forces of Nigeria have neutralized 109 terrorists, arrested 81 suspects, and rescued 43 hostages across the various operational theatres in the country.<\/p>\n<p>This was made known on Friday in Abuja by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba.<\/p>\n<p>The troops, according to Maj.-Gen. Buba, equally apprehended six persons involved in oil theft and reclaimed property valued at \u20a6618.7 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe operations led to the recovery of 21 weapons and 124 rounds of ammunition including nine AK-47 rifles, five fabricated rifles, four dane guns and several locally-made pistols.,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Troops operating in the Niger Delta had appreciable feats when they destroyed 10 crude oil cooking ovens, 10 dugout pits, 12 boats, four storage tanks, and 10 illegal refining sites.<\/p>\n<p>They also seized three pumping machines, 12 speedboats, 20 drums, two motorcycles, a mobile phone, and four vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Recovered items include 631,709 litres of stolen crude oil, 3,140 litres of illegally refined AGO, and 2,250 litres of PMS.<\/p>\n<p>Maj.-Gen. 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