Nigeria: Troops Arrest 147, Rescue 39 Hostages in 1 Week – Military

The military high command said its troops attached to different operations across the country have arrested 147 suspected terrorists and other criminals in one-week operations.

The Director, Defence Media Operations, Markus Kangye, a Major-General, told journalists at a briefing at Defence Headquarters, Abuja, on Thursday that troops also rescued 39 kidnap hostages.

Giving the breakdown, he said troops in the North East arrested 26 terrorists’ collaborators, informants and terrorists’ sympathisers…