The Defence Headquarters says troops have recovered two calibrated aircraft engines from a longtime unidentified aircraft crash site in the North East, noting that troops eliminated 88 terrorists within the last one week.
Director, Defence Media Operations, Markus Kangye, made this known while addressing reporters on the operations of the armed forces, in Abuja, explaining that the recovered aircraft engines had been handed over to the Nigerian Air Force for further investigation.
He said the troops also apprehended 138 suspects, rescued 46 kidnapped hostages and recovered 104 and 2,639 assorted weapons and ammunition during the week. Kangye, highlighted recovered arms and ammunition include 55 AK47 rifles, 20 locally fabricated guns, eight dane guns, 18 pump action guns, 1,826 rounds of 7.62mm special ammo and 376 rounds of 7.62mm NATO.
