Troops on operation across the country have arrested 63 terrorists and rescued 89 kidnap victims in the past week.
The Director Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen Markus Kangye announced this in a statement on Friday.
He said troops also arrested 33 suspected oil thieves and recovered stolen products worth N25,045,400.00
Giving an update about the operation in the Northeast, Kangye, he said troops arrested 18 terrorists and rescued three hostages within the week.
The troops recovered weapons, ammunition, logistics items, vehicles, and detonated some Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).
According to Kangye, troops arrested a suspected terrorist in Gubio Local Government Area of Borno state who confessed to hiding some arms and ammunition in a location, about which his wife and uncle were aware of.
“On arrival at the location on 17 August 2025, troops recovered 3 AK47 rifles, magazines and ammunitions through the guidance of his accomplice,” he said
On the operations against bandits in the Northwest, the defence spokesman said troops rescued 60 kidnap victims and arrested 25 suspected bandits and terrorists.
In the Northcentral, Kangye said troops arrested 16 criminals including a wanted notorious terrorist identified as Adamu Buba (aka Mai Pankshin) and 13 others, recovering arms, ammunition and motorcycles.
The defence spokesman said troops in the Southeast rescued 20 kidnap victims comprising nine pregnant women, seven infants and four children from an orphanage and handed them over to The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) officials for further investigation.
In the fight against crude theft in the South-South region, Kangye said troops arrested 33 suspected oil thieves and recovered stolen products worthN25,045,400.00.
He gave a breakdown of recovered items to include; 25,820 litres of stolen crude oil, three boats, three tricycles, mobile phones, four vehicles, and pumping machines.
He said troops destroyed eight illegal refining sites, two crude oil cooking ovens, four dugout pits and recovered assorted arms and ammunition and some explosives.
