The Nigerian Military has declared a terrorist leader, Halilu Buzu who hails from Buzu in Republic of Niger wanted.
Director of Defence Media Operations, Major-General Edward Buba made this known during the bi-weekly briefing in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
The Defence Headquarters through appropriate channels calls on Nigerien authorities, regional and international bodies to support in effecting his arrest to hold him accountable for his atrocities.
General Buba says the terrorist leader settled in Subbubu Forest as well as lives in Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State and has a camp for illegal gold mining located at Kawayi, in Anka LGA, and has a lot of boys working for him. Additionally, he is also a prominent cattle rustler.
He revealed that last week his boys killed 19 villagers at Farar Kasa. And as such is a High Value Target and is declared wanted.
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Furthermore, he is a major arms supplier, trusted by arms dealers supplying arms from Libya.
The military adds that it has been on his trail and whenever, troops close in on him, he bolts across the border into Republic of Niger for refuge.
Additionally, within the last one week, troops killed 227 persons and arrested 529 suspects. They also arrested 11 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 253 kidnapped hostages. In the South-South, troops stopped the theft of oil estimated at N1.3 billion only.
Furthermore, troops recovered 231 assorted weapons and 6,441 assorted ammunition. The breakdown is as follows: 89 AK-47 rifles, 40 locally fabricated guns, 59 dane guns, 2 pump action guns, 8 locally fabricated pistols, 6 x 36 hand grenade, 3 IED, one RPG 7 tubes, one RPG 7 charger, 4 AGL rounds, one barrel of QJC Gun, one barrel of PKT with receiver, one barrel of Dushka Gun, 250kg bombs used by NATO and Eastern Bloc aircraft and one MRAP.
Others are 4,198 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo, 841 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 88 rounds of 5.56mm, 16 rounds of 7.62 x 39mm, 99 rounds of 7.62 x 51mm, 956 rounds of 7.62 x 54mm, 242 live cartridges, one PKM magazine, 24 magazines, 6 baofeng radios, 8 vehicles, 69 motorcycles, 66 mobile phones, 12 cutlasses and the sum of N1,630,000.00 only among other items.
Troops in the Niger Delta area discovered and destroyed 18 dugout pits, 34 boats, 5 drums, 4 receiver, 4 reservoirs and 97 storage tanks. Other items recovered include 198 cooking ovens, 9 vehicles, 3 pumping machines, 2 speedboats, one outboard engine and 57 illegal refining sites. They also recovered 1,442,700 litres of stolen crude oil and 154,650 litres of illegally refined AGO.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
