The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) says security agencies conducted 7,062 operations across Nigeria in July and August, neutralising 1,487 terrorists and insurgents and rescuing 777 kidnapped victims.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the figures were contained in the third quarter national security update issued by Chido Onumah, Special Adviser to the National Security Adviser on Strategic Communication and Civil Society Liaison, on Monday in Abuja.
Onumah said the operations also resulted in the arrest of 354 suspects and the recovery of firearms, ammunition and Improvised Explosive Devices, highlighting improved intelligence sharing and coordination among security agencies.
He said the Nigeria Police Force arrested 1,334 suspects, rescued 383 kidnapped victims and recovered 175 firearms and more than 3,790 rounds of ammunition during the period.
The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons also destroyed 1,419 illicit weapons, while the Nigeria Customs Service handed over 399 intercepted firearms and firearm components to the Centre.
Onumah said the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency conducted 2,298 operations, arrested 3,705 suspects and secured 471 convictions, while seizing nearly 54,000kg of illicit drugs.
He stressed that Nigeria’s security challenges required stronger cooperation among government institutions, security agencies, communities, traditional and religious leaders, civil society and the media.
Onumah said the overall objective was to build a security system that is preventive, intelligence driven, coordinated and people centred.
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