Nigeria’s defence spokesman claims 101 suspected terrorists killed in seven days

The Defence Headquarters claimed on Friday troops deployed to theatres of operation killed 101 suspected terrorists in the Northern part of the country in the past week.

The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, disclosed this in a statement on the operations of the armed forces on Friday in Abuja.

He said the troops arrested a terrorist commander, Usman Maisaje, and 182 others in different operations across the country during the period.