ONSA says security agencies carried out 7,062 operations in July and August

Summary

The Office of the National Security Adviser says Nigeria’s security agencies carried out 7,062 operations in July and August, with arrests, rescues and weapons recoveries reported nationwide.

Highlights

• ONSA said the operations neutralised 1,487 terrorists and insurgents and rescued 777 kidnapped victims.
• The update, presented by Chido Onumah, covers July and August and was released in Abuja.
• The agencies also arrested 354 suspects and recovered firearms, ammunition and improvised explosive devices.
• Onumah said the Nigeria Police Force arrested 1,334 suspects, rescued 383 kidnapped victims and recovered 175 firearms.
• He said the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons destroyed 1,419 illicit weapons on 30 July.