“The commissioner’s assertion during a BBC Hausa service interview—that normalcy has returned to Allawa in Shiroro LGA—mockingly disregards the suffering of residents who have been displaced from their ancestral lands due to banditry and terrorism.”
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The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says troops killed 106 terrorists, apprehended 164 others and rescued 103 hostages in different operations across the country in the last week.
The Defence Headquarters said troops killed 125 terrorists, apprehended 200 others and rescued 140 kidnapped hostages in different operations across the country in the last week.
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The Strategic Communication Interagency Policy Committee (SCIPC) said the troops of armed forces of Nigeria have in June, neutralised 857 terrorists, arrested 1,638 suspected terrorists and other criminal elements and rescued 921 kidnapped hostages.
The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, has said no fewer than 9,300 bandits and terrorists have been killed within the last year by the Nigerian Armed Forces.
No fewer than 47 individuals associated with Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP), have surrendered to troops of 403 Amphibious Brigade of Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) Sector 3, Nigeria.
According to an eyewitness, the terrorists also burnt down the community, which shares border with Niger Republic, including local food storage silos and other properties worth million of naira.
Defence Headquarters says troops have eliminated a total of 715 terrorists and rescued 465 kidnap victims in ground and air operations across the country in April.
ASHENEWS reports that terrorists on Friday killed six personnel of the Nigerian Army during an ambush while on fighting patrol in Shiroro local government area of Niger State.