Nigerian army don say dem forces kill one Boko Haram commander and 10 oda members of the terror group during operation for the north-east of the country.

For statement, army talk say im troops carry out the operation for Sambisa Forest wey dey Borno state on Sunday.

Dem identify the leader wey dem kill as Abu Khalid, wey be second-in-command of Boko Haram for Sambisa Forest.

Dem describe am as key person inside the banned group wey dey responsible to coordinate logistics and terrorist actions along the Sambisa axis.

Statement add say no casualties happen among Nigerian troops, and dem note say counter-terrorism operations still dey go on for forested areas across the north-east.

Boko Haram don dey active for Nigeria since early 2000s, and tens of thousands don die in attacks since 2009.

Human rights experts talk say most Boko Haram victims na Muslims.

Since 2015 the group don also carry out attacks for neighbouring Cameroon, Chad and Niger, killing at least 2,000 people across the Lake Chad Basin, authorities talk.

Hundreds of thousands of people don also get displaced by terror attacks and ongoing clashes for the region.