Nigerian troops on Tuesday apprehended 50 members of the notorious Boko Haram sect in Biu Borno State.
The insurgents were travelling from Damboa heading to Gombe.
The arrested men are believed to be in the custody of the Nigerian Army and may be detained at the Biu barracks.
Early this year Boko Haram abducted more than 200 Chibok girls who are still missing.
The arrest came about when youths in Biu suspected a truck laden with sheep and goats to have been having other things hidden in it.
When a search was carried out 50 members of Boko Haram were found hiding in the truck.
The men confessed to being fighters of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, and were all on the run following the reported killing of their leader, Abubakar Shekau, in the confrontation of the sect with the military at Konduga last week.
The suspects hhave since pleaded for mercy and promised to cooperate with security operatives and divulge information on the whereabouts of the missing Chibok girls.
Age groups of those captured range from 18 to 25 and most of them speak Kanuri and hausa.
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