Nigeria Army has arrested suspected spiritual head of militia armed group in Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State after destroying some of the group’s camps in Ugya village in the area.

Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Texas Chukwu gave the name of the suspect as Angulu Idaku in a statement in Abuja.

Chukwu said seven locally made guns, twelve catridges, two hundred rounds of seven point six, two mm special ammunition, seventy-six rounds of seven point six, two mm NATO special ammunition and four knives were recovered from the group.

Others, he said, were fifteen cutlasses, six mobile phones, one DSTV decoder set and four solar panel sets.

In another development, Chukwu said troops of Operation Lafiya Dole neutralised six Boko Haram terrorists and wounded some others during clearance operation in the North East.

He, however, said two soldiers sustained injuries during an encounter with the insurgents, saying one anti-aircraft gun, four AK47 rifles, six AK47 magazines, two mortar bombs and two gun trucks were recovered from the terrorists.

Chukwu also said the troops had successfully cleared Gambori, Dumbawa, Damsu, Awardi, Kanaram, Laridi, Malumdi and Yuramdi villages and recovered one refrigerator, one 14inch TV two DVDs and a box filled with drugs.