The Nigeria Military says it neutralised over 65 terrorist leaders, Commanders and Combatant across all theatres of operations in the third quarter of 2024.
It also said troops neutralized 1,937 terrorists, arrested 2,782 suspected terrorists and other criminal elements as well as rescued 1,854 kidnapped hostages.
The Director Defence Media Operations (DDMO) Major General Edward Buba disclosed this at a press briefing on Thursday in Abuja.
He said the armed forces prioritised the killing of terrorist leadership and destruction of terrorist network in its ongoing counter terrorism and counter insurgency operations across the country.
He added that all through the stretch of the third quarter of the year, troops conducted synchronised bombardments by the air force and ground forces, that significantly diminished terror military capabilities and cohesion.
He said, troops are effectively attacking the terrorist leaders, commanders, combatants, as well as their rank and file operatives adding that they recovered 1,304 weapons, 43,347 ammunitions.
A breakdown for the period according to the DDMO includes and is not limited to the following: 688 AK47 rifles, 32,945 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 9,677 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 191 assorted arms and 8,292 assorted ammo.
Maj. Gen. Buba said troops are keeping the pressure on the terrorist until they are totally defeated adding that the military is focused on dismantling the terror infrastructure of these terror groups as well as destroying their will to fight.
He further noted that they are attacking any threat they identify, and removing it, that the war objective is to destroy these groups, decapitate them, and erode their ability to rage terror attacks against citizens.
Speaking on the issue of crude oil theft, Maj. Gen Buba said troops denied the oil theft of an estimated sum over N13 billion naira (N13,081,605,534.00) only.
Also a break down of crude oil theft include 12,143,870 litres of stolen crude oil, 2,623,216 litres of illegally refined AGO, 6,970 litres of DPK and 31,450 litres of PMS amongst other item.
Accordingly, he said the nations daily crude oil production output is at an all time high with the nations daily target in sight.