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By Odita Sunday, Abuja
07 June 2024 | 3:50 americium
Nigerian troops person foiled lipid theft operations valued astatine N91 cardinal implicit the past twelvemonth pursuing a large crackdowns connected lipid theft and amerciable refining activities.
Troops of the Nigerian Army burst amerciable lipid refinery tract successful Rivers State.Nigerian troops person foiled lipid theft operations valued astatine N91 cardinal implicit the past twelvemonth pursuing a large crackdowns connected lipid theft and amerciable refining activities.
As portion of this effort, the subject destroyed 3,051 dugout pits utilized by criminals for illicit lipid extraction, marking a large triumph successful the country’s combat against economical sabotage and biology degradation.
The revelation came to the fore during a associated property briefing by security, defence, and effect agencies, organised by Office of the National Security Advisor nether the Strategic Communications Interagency Advisory Policy Committee (SCIAPC) successful Abuja yesterday.
The briefing was the gathering of representation managers of each information agencies successful the country.Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, announced that accrued patrols by the Nigerian Navy and planetary collaborations prevented lipid thieves from accessing N91,247,052,565.
He noted said troops uncovered and destroyed 3,051 dugout pits, 1,276 boats, 3,924 retention tanks and 408 vehicles, portion besides seizing important quantities of stolen crude lipid and illegally refined petroleum products.
His words: “In our counter-terrorism and insurgency operations, troops neutralised 9,303 insurgents, arrested 6,998 individuals, and rescued 4,641 hostages. Additionally, 9,562 Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters and their families surrendered to information forces. In the combat against lipid theft, 1,437 perpetrators were apprehended, with 363 neutralsed. Furthermore, 245 kidnapped hostages were rescued, starring to a marked alteration successful insurgent activities.”
Buba elaborate that during the past year, the ONSA hosted the High-Level Africa Counter-Terrorism Meeting, wherever included President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the UN Deputy Secretary-General and different planetary leaders focused connected stableness successful the Sahel portion and anti-terrorism efforts.
The ONSA, helium added, facilitated the UK-Nigeria information and defence dialog and, successful collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria, implemented economical information measures.
Special Adviser, Strategic Communication to the National Security Adviser, Zakari Mijinyawa, successful his opening remarks, attributed robust interagency collaborations to successes successful the ongoing information operations crossed the federation.
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