Army saved Nigeria from dropping N4bn — DHQ

The navy excessive command on Thursday mentioned its operations throughout the Niger Delta area have denied oil thieves from stealing crude oil estimated at N4bn from the nation.

The command mentioned inside this era, over 6.6 million litres of stolen crude oil; 3.5 million litres of AGO; 200,000 litres of DPK, and over 65,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirits had been recovered from oil thieves throughout the interval beneath assessment.

The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba disclosed this in Abuja throughout the quarterly briefing on the operations of the navy throughout the nation between June and August 2023.

He mentioned, “Troops operations within the South-South geopolitical zone resulted within the arrest of the next; 6,652,250 litres of stolen crude oil, 3,558,325 litres of illegally refined AGO, 288,650 litres of DPK, and 65,600 PMS. All amounting to an estimated sum of N4bn denied to the oil thieves. Thus saving the nation from dropping this cash to financial saboteurs.”

Buba additionally mentioned troops throughout varied operations throughout the nation arrested a complete of two,328 criminals, whereas these within the North East killed no fewer than 814 terrorists.

Buba mentioned, “Our operations throughout the six geopolitical zones from June to August 2023 reveal that; we neutralised 814 terrorists and arrested 1,326 criminals. We arrested 42 kidnappers, 231 collaborators, 33 armed robbers, 80 cattle rustlers, 325 militias, 27 rails vandals, 73 gunrunners, 191 suspected oil thieves, and rescued 721 kidnapped hostages. Moreover, 4,560 terrorist and their households surrendered to troops.”

Buba acknowledged {that a} whole of three,269 assorted sorts of ammunition and 674 different gear amongst others had been recovered from felony parts.

He mentioned, “Troops recovered a complete variety of 501 weapons, 3,577 livestock, 3,269 assorted sorts of ammunition, and 674 different gear. The breakdown of those arms and ammunition is as follows; 117 AK47 rifles, one AK49 rifle, 5 revolvers, 28 fabricated rifles, 11 fabricated pistols, 57 Dane weapons, 23 pistols, 24 pump motion weapons, 3 FN rifles, 3 GPMGs, one double barrel gun, one barreta pistol, one G3 rifle, 2 HK21 rifles one IED, 123 rounds of seven.62mm NATO, 2,008 rounds of seven.62mm particular, 30 rounds of seven.62mm x 39mm, 512 rounds of seven.62mm x 54mm, 190 rounds of 5.5mm, 39 rounds of 9mm, 29 rounds of PKM, and 19 cartridges.

“Troops equally recovered: one RPG tube, three hand grenades, one domestically made hand grenade, one domestically made bomb, two rifle butts, one AK47 barrel, one GMPG barrel, two MG hyperlinks, 98 AK47 magazines, two G3 magazines, 2 FN magazines, two PKT magazines, 2 LMG magazines, two tear gasoline launchers, one bulletproof vest, 49 autos, 213 bikes, 48 bicycles, 69 cell phones, 5 boating radios, 4 woodland camouflages, two boots, 74 knives, 71 handsets, 11 laptops, 13 steering rods and pumps, 45 machetes, and 25 jack knives.”