The Defence Headquarters also said a total of 122 ISWAP/JAS terrorists surrendered with their families.
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The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, on Thursday in Abuja made the clarification.
According to the DHQ in a statement issued on Sunday, those rescued were made up of 76 females and 61 males.
This was contained in a statement by the Acting Director, Defence Information, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau.
The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, made this known in a statement on Friday.
The Governor said this on a Channels Television programme: “Sunrise Daily,” on Friday morning.
Sani said it was unfortunate that the Defence Headquarters could adduce the bombing of the villagers to terrorists mingling with them.
The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major-General Edward Buba, made this known on Thursday in Abuja while briefing newsmen on the operations of the military.
An online newspaper had on Tuesday reported the passing away of the Chief of Defence Staff on Monday.
The Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Tucker Gusau, who reacted to the report, said there was no truth in it.
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), says Nigerian troops in various operations, eliminated several terrorists and bandits across the various theatres of operation in North East, North Central and North West.
The Defence Headquarters says the destruction of rogue vessels used to steal crude oil in the Niger Delta is in line with the extant laws guiding the military operations.
The Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Jimmy Akpor announced this in a statement, saying the cause of the fire outbreak was unknown at the moment.
Operation Whirl Punch is a DHQ led operation that deals with the menace of banditry and terrorism in Kaduna and Niger States.
The Director, Defence Information, Major General Jimmy Akpor, gave the warning in a statement on Wednesday.
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, had on Tuesday during a parley with media executives and editors revealed the names of the terrorists who masterminded the Owo attack.
In the video and live broadcast, some of the ex-soldiers, most of whom were dismissed from Service for various acts of indiscipline and misdemeanours, gave excuses for the various infractions that led to their exit from service.
This was contained in a statement on Sunday by Major General Benjamin Olufemi Sawyerr, the Director Defence Information
Irabor made the call when he received the Chief Executive Officer of Mobile Telecom Network Nigeria, Karl Toriola, who was on a familiarisation visit to the Defence Headquarters on Friday in Abuja.
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, disclosed this while giving an update of the military operations across the country at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja.
The Defence Headquarters has dismissed the alleged recruitment of de-redicalised Boko Haram ex-fighters into the Nigerians military.
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, on Wednesday, decorated five newly promoted brigadier generals, two Navy commodores and one commander serving in Defence Headquarters.