The Nigeria military troops have captured 447 assorted weapons and 6,697 assorted ammunitions in the month of January, 2024 alone, reports page3news.com.ng
Major General Edward Buba, the Director Defence Media Operations, made the disclosure Thursday in Abuja while briefing journalists.
Additionally, troops recovered 208 assorted weapons and 5,332 assorted ammunition in February!
Page3news.com.ng reports that the breakdown for the week are: 95 AK-47 rifles, one assault rifle, 39 locally fabricated guns, 34 dane guns, 14 pump action guns, 4 fabricated pistol, 3 fabricated pump action gun, one fabricated revolver pistol, 2 fabricated double barrel gun and locally fabricated arty pieces.
Others are: 3,830 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 640 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 265 rounds of 7.62 x 54mm ammo, 98 rounds of 7.62 x 51mm ammo, 62 rounds of 7.62 x 39mm ammo, 64 rounds of 9mm ammo, 359 live cartridges, 8 magazines, 6 mobile phones and the sum of N383,200.00 amongst other items
Giving the breakdown of weapons recovered in January, General Buba said 237 were AK47 rifles, 26 locally fabricated guns, 18 pump action guns, 55 dane guns, 6,807 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 421 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 16 rounds of 9mm and 506 live cartridges.
According to the Defense Headquarters spokesman, “Troops neutralised 105 terrorist and arrested 140 of them.”