Nigerian Army has rescued 387 families of Boko Haram fighters from the Sambisa Forest.

The 387 comprising men, women, and children, were rescued by highbreed forces of the Sector-One North-East Joint Taskforce Operations Hadin Kai.

The troops also recovered several vehicles and equipment, initially seized by the terrorists from the Nigerian Army at the peak of the insurgency.

Receiving the jubilant troops at the entrance of Sambisa, the Sector One Acting Commander ABUBAKAR HARUNA said the terrorists should either surrender or face death as all their known camps and enclaves have been destroyed.

According to HARUNA, the operations initially planned for four days, eventually lasted ten days.

Along with the equipment recovered, the rescued families have been transported to the headquarters of the command in Maiduguri for onward delivery to the army headquarters In Abuja.