The Nigerian Army says that it has tracked down and killed 50 members of the Boko Haram, days after the Islamic Sect was blamed for killing 20 villagers in its northeastern stronghold.

The JTF spokesman LT Colonel Sagir Musa explains that troops pursued the terrorists to their camps and with air support about 50 terrorists were killed in a shoot-out.

Colonel Musa added that troops are pursuing the remnants of the fleeing terrorists by blocking all possible exit routes.

More than 160 people were killed in violence linked to Boko Haram last month – one of the bloodiest since President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency and a military crackdown in three northeastern states in May.

A new Army division was sent to Borno last month.