The Police authorities have reported the arrest of 22 Boko Haram extremist leaders and fighters responsible for the mass kidnapping of schoolgirls in Chibok and more than 50 suicide bombings.
Borno State Police Commissioner, Damian Chukwu, said the arrests took place between July 4 and 9. Chukwu said police seized the coordinators of suicide bombings in Borno and the coordinator and participants in the Chibok abductions in 2014. He added that others also confessed to ambushing security agents and being logistics suppliers.
He also said the suspects are helping with information that could lead to the arrest of other Boko Haram commanders.
Boko Haram has killed more than 20,000 people during its 9-year insurgency.
Dozens of the Chibok schoolgirls have been freed but more than 100 are yet to return.