The Defence Headquarters says troops have eliminated 101 terrorists, and apprehended a terrorist commander, Usman Maisaje, and 182 others in different operations across the country in the last week.
The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known in a statement on the operations of the armed forces on Friday in Abuja.
Buba said the troops also rescued 157 kidnapped hostages, adding that Maisaje was a close associate of a wanted high-profile terrorist leader, Kachalla Boka.
According to him, the arrest has been rewarding in intelligence value as he is cooperating and providing troops with much-needed information for further operations.
He said that the troops recovered 71 assorted weapons, and 1,463 assorted ammunition comprising 50 AK-47 rifles, 16 fabricated rifles, five Dane guns, five pump action guns and 16 AK-47 magazines
