The Nigerian Military on Wednesday, said it had arrested a group of terrorists, who until their arrests, paraded as herdsmen within the Wukari area of Taraba state.
They were arrested after a gun duel with the security officials at a Military check point at Gindin Dorowa, a suburb of Wukari in Taraba State.
According to a statement released by Military spokesman, Major General Chris Olukolade, on behalf of the Joint Information Centre of the Nigerian Army, some of the suspected terrorists died during the gun-battle while some others received gun injury.
Some escaped from the scene but were later sighted through an air surveillance and were trailed to their camp where another round of gun battle ensued.
Olukolade said security operatives had become suspicious after noticing that the terrorists were clad in the usual dress of their counterparts in Borno and Yobe states.
“The group was armed with assorted weapons”, Olukolade revealed.
“One of the arrested armed men confessed that he transferred to Wukari from Borno State, where he had been fighting for the Boko Haram sect”.
It was learnt that the curfew imposed on Wukari and its environs following an attack on the area by armed men, would soon be relaxed since the Military said it peace is now restore in the area.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian security forces have confirmed the arrest of another set of alleged terrorists and a boat operator who is believed to ferry terrorists and their arms across Lake Chad into Nigeria.
One of those arrested has confessed to being a supplier of arms to Boko Haram.
