The Nigeria Army, according to Maj.-Gen Irabor, the Theartre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole had arrested 1,240 Boko Haram terrorists during a mop-up operation by troops inside the Sambisa forest.
Irabor said that 413 of the suspects were adults; 323 were female adults; 251 male children, while 253 were female children. He revealed they are interrogating them to know whether they are Boko Haram members, because there is no way somebody that is not their member would live inside Sambisa forest.
He affirmed that the Nigerian army is still on the trail of the terrorists and that all escape routes have been blocked.
He also said about 30 fleeing suspected Boko Haram members have surrendered to the Niger Multinational Troops on the shores of the lake Chad and that they were taken to Difa in the Niger Republic.
The suspects are said to include; 24 male and six females.
He however encouraged the terrorists to give up the fight while the window is still opened.
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