A total of 12 suspected terrorists – one male adult, three females, seven minors, and one young adult male surrendered to troops in the past week following intense military pressure on insurgents in the North East, while 37 different calibers of arms, 30 AK-47, one G3 riffle, one General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG), one PKT machine gun, three locally made Pistols and one Dane gun were recovered across all the Theatres of operations.
Onoja said that between May 15, and May 21, 2026, troops neutralised dozens of hostile combatants, dismantled deeply entrenched insurgent enclaves, and forced the unconditional surrender of the terrorists.
He also said that there was sweeping disruption of illegal oil bunkering rings in the Niger Delta, massive interdiction of illicit narcotics, and terrorist logistics lines across the South South, North Central and North West, as well as rescue of numerous citizens held in captivity.
He said that in Benue State, on 16 May 2026, troops in Aliade, Gwer East Local Government Area of the state, swiftly countered an armed militia group attempting to violently disrupt the ongoing All Progressives Congress (APC) primary