 The defense headquarters has stated that, for the country to win the war against terrorists and other adversaries, citizens must be patriotic to their country. It said the fight against terrorism and insurgency requires all hands to be on deck. The military high command spoke through the director of defense media operations, Major-General Edward Bubba, during a press briefing today. Bubba said the military would continue to fulfill its mission of hunting and destroying terrorists and their cohorts across the country in the most professional manner. In the month of January, troops recorded the following. We neutralized 266 terrorists. We arrested 463 of them and we rescued 116 kidnapped hostages. We also recovered 447 assorted weapons and over 6,690 assorted ammunition. We denied the oil tax of close to 3 billion Naira just in the month of January. When we talk about counter insurgency, one thing should come to mind. Like I said, though it might not seem as such, what a lot is ongoing and a lot is being done. One thing that should come to mind is the fact that counter insurgency is not a sprint. It is a marathon.