{"id":122507,"date":"2025-09-25T21:23:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=122507"},"modified":"2025-09-25T21:23:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:23:55","slug":"troops-kill-dozens-of-terrorists-arrest-120-suspects-in-nationwide-operations-dhq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/troops-kill-dozens-of-terrorists-arrest-120-suspects-in-nationwide-operations-dhq\/","title":{"rendered":"Troops Kill Dozens of Terrorists, Arrest 120 Suspects in Nationwide Operations \u2014 DHQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Lizzy Chirkpi<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has announced that troops across various theatres of operation killed several terrorists, arrested over 120 suspects, and rescued 41 kidnapped persons within the last week.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Markus Kangye, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Abuja on Thursday. He said the operations were carried out between September 14 and September 22 in the North-East, North-West, North-Central, South-South and South-East.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Kangye, \u201cIn the North-East, troops of Operation Hadin Kai neutralised several Boko Haram and ISWAP fighters in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. They also apprehended 26 terrorist collaborators and rescued three kidnapped victims.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added that in the North-West, troops of Operation Fansan Yamma \u201ckilled terrorists in Kaduna, Zamfara, Katsina, Kebbi and Sokoto states, and rescued 14 kidnapped victims. A notorious terrorist, Mallam Abubakar Ahmadu, alongside six others, were apprehended during the operations.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the North-Central front, Kangye said troops of Operation Enduring Peace in Plateau and Kaduna States \u201capprehended 52 criminals, killed terrorists in firefights and rescued nine kidnapped victims.\u201d Similarly, troops of Operation Whirl Stroke \u201ckilled criminals in Benue, Taraba, Kogi, Nasarawa and the FCT. They also apprehended 17 others, including a high-profile kidnapper, Saawuan Wuaiyolna, and rescued eight kidnapped victims.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the South-South, troops of Operation Delta Safe intercepted crude oil theft valued at N19.75 million, destroyed 16 illegal refining sites, arrested 19 suspects, and rescued five victims.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the South-East operations, Kangye revealed: \u201cOperation Udo Ka killed several criminals, arrested six suspects, rescued three kidnapped victims and recovered weapons, vehicles and improvised explosive device materials.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The DHQ assured Nigerians that the armed forces remain committed to restoring peace and security across the country.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lizzy Chirkpi The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has announced that troops across various theatres of operation killed several terrorists, arrested over 120 suspects, and rescued 41 kidnapped persons within the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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