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The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, said troops eliminated 1,166 terrorists and apprehended 1,096 suspects in 29 days across the country. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while briefing newsmen on the operations of the armed forces on Thursday in Abuja. Buba said the troops also rescued 721 kidnapped hostages. He said the troops also recovered 391 weapons, 15,234 ammunitions comprising 208 AK-47 rifles, 54 locally fabricated guns, 53 Dane guns, 36 pump-action guns, and 10,452 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo within the month. Others, according to him, ar…

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