Troops across various theatres of operations in the country in separate operations have recovered a total of 66,692 arms and ammunition from non-state actors.

A breakdown of the figures revealed that a total of 3,117 dangerous arms and 63,575 ammunition were captured by troops.

Some of the non-state actors the arms and ammunition recovered from are terrorists, bandits, kidnappers, and Indigenous People of Biafra combatants among others.

The figures are based on the reported recoveries made by troops during their operations in various theatres between January and April 2024.

Some of the arms recovered during this period included 1,619 AK-47 rifles, 24 Automatic Pump Action guns, and 47 locally fabricated guns among others.