Acting Director, Defence Media Operation, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on operations of the Armed Forces between June 18 and June 30, on Thursday in Abuja.
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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who disclosed this at a media briefing on Monday in Abuja said the figure excluded scores of other terrorists and bandits killed during airstrikes.
Rear Adm. Oladele Daji, the Commander of Operation Awatse on Monday said that together with sister agencies and other security agencies, they were determined to get to the root of the syndicate.
This was part of the corporation’s efforts at securing critical oil infrastructure along the Altas Cove to Mosimi corridor.
The Lagos State Government and the Nigerian Ports Authority on Thursday expressed their support to the ongoing OPERATION AWATSE demolition of illegal structures around Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s pipelines.
It said that the proposed demolition would be another phase after it destroyed 462 illegal strictures in and around Atlas Cove last December.
The Joint Military Task Force under Operation AWATSE on Tuesday said it had arrested 38 suspected pipeline vandals and cultists and recovered 120, 000 litres of petrol in Lagos within the last two months.
Sources told The Eagle Online that the militants laid an ambush for the soldiers and policemen, who were on their trail, and opened fire on them as they approached
The militants were said to have struck late at night despite the presence of security operatives, including those of the Joint Task Force, Operation Awatse
The Publicity Secretary of the Gani Adams-led OPC, Barrister Yinka Oguntimehin, confirmed the development
The residents, many of them farmers and community leaders, on Monday staged a peaceful protest at the Governor’s Office in Alausa, Ikeja, demanding the assistance of the state government
According to sources, the face-off began at about 5:30pm and lasted for about an hour