Nigerian troops capture Boko Haram cameramen

Troops in Nigeria have arrested suspected Boko Haram cameramen who are experts in photo, video recording and filming of their attacks on communities and atrocities against innocent citizens, the country's defense authority said Monday.

The terrorists were nabbed during patrols, surveillance and raid operations to track fleeing terrorists in communities around the northeast state of Adamawa, spokesperson for the Nigerian Defense Headquarters, Major General Chris Olukolade, said in a statement to Xinhua.

Olukolade said four of those nabbed as they tried to escape in an SUV jeep with digital camera and weapons were taken into custody.

He added that they are helping an ongoing investigation in one of the barracks as more arrests were made.

Boko Haram, which has proved to be a major security threat in Nigeria since 2009, has killed hundreds of people in the last three months in many village attacks across three states in the northeast region.

Thousands of lives have been massacred by Boko Haram fighters in various attacks carried out this year.

Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is currently grappling with security challenges, one of which is the insurgency of Boko Haram, a sect which seeks to enforce the Islamic sharia law in the constitution. Enditem