The Defence Headquarters claimed on Friday that troops in various theatres of operations across the country killed 6,880 terrorists and other criminals in the outgoing year.
The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, who disclosed this while giving an update on the operations of the military in Abuja, said 6,970 criminals were arrested during the period.
Buba said the troops also rescued 4,488 hostages and recovered 3,320 assorted weapons and 39,075 ammunitions during the year.
