The defence headquarters say Troops have continued a manhunt for the perpetrators of the barbaric killing of 18 soldiers that occurred on March 14, 2024.
A Statement by the director defence media operations Major General Edward Buba states that, clearance operations as well as cordon and search were conducted to among other things recover the weapons of the deceased soldiers in Some of the communities in which troops have operated. This include: Akugbene, Ukuama and Okoloba Communities in Ugheli and Ugheli South of Delta State.
Others are; Ukuama Amusamo, Akwagbe, Arhavwarien, Pirigbene and Igbomatoro Communities all in Delta State.
The statement adds that decomposing hearts of some of the killed soldiers were recovered during search, while the manhunt continues with no significant arrest made yet.
The statement further adds that there is a viral video of a person admitting to have perpertrated the killings of the soldier in Delta State. Noting that The video among other things helps to narrow investigations to persons of interest and their cohorts.
The state governments and host communities of these personalities are required to assist investigation in flushing them out.
In other operations Across theatres of operation in the country, troops during the week killed 106 terrorist and made 103 arrest.
Troops also arrested 22 perpetrators of oil theft and rescued 96 kidnapped hostages. While In the South South, troops denied the oil theft of the estimated sum of Seven Hundred and Fifty Four Million, One Hundred and Forty Nine Thousand and Six Hundred Naira (N754,149,600.00) only.
Troops also in the Niger Delta area discovered and destroyed 51 dugout pits, 17 boats, 15 storage tanks and 4 vehicles. Other items recovered incl 21 cooking ovens, 3 pumping machines and 40 illegal refining sites.
Troops recovered 772,350 litres of stolen crude oil, 80,530 litres of illegally refined AGO and 1,500 litres of DPK.
Editor: Ebuwa Omo-Osagie
