This was disclosed on Wednesday by the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj. Gen. Lucky Irabor at a news conference in Maiduguri.
He said men of the Nigerian Army also effected the arrest of 504 Boko Haram terrorists while 19 of them willingly surrendered.
He further disclosed that 37 foreigners were also arrested and were currently undergoing interrogations to ascertain whether they were terrorists or not.
“We also arrested about seven kidnappers and we are currently interrogating them.
“Our troops have continued to make significant progress in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency.
“I gladly say that our troops have successfully mop up all the areas in Sambisa Forest including gate one.’’
Irabor also warned members of the public, particularly female students of tertiary institutions to be wary of new recruitment websites, “as Boko Haram insurgency is an evil that is determined to destroy the society”.
Meanwhile, the Army has started construction of roads network from Alagarno to Sambisa to aid the seamless mopping up of Boko Haram insurgents in the forest.
“We have embarked on roads construction within the Sambisa forest to open up the area and also ease our operations in within the theatre.
“Construction of the roads will ease fighting troops in their effort to mop up the Boko Haram insurgency from their hideout.”
Irabor further called for synergy between individuals, cooperate organizations and the military, as everything could not be left to government.
“I also urge the general public to continue to support the military in the north-east through the provision of useful information and not to fellow the ways of some media outfit that were bent to bring down the military,” Irabor said.
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