The two insurgents escaped from the Kwalaram-Bakura Buduma camps after fighting for more than a decade.
He said the charge was in line with President Bola Tinubu’s directive to the armed forces and other security agencies.
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According to him, at the strategic level, a security and defence partnership exists.
Over 900 people, made up of women, children and elderly people suspected to be families and collaborators of the insurgents, have been arrested, according to the MNJTF.
MNJTF claimed killing dozens of terrorists in recent Lake Chad Basin operations.
The national security adviser said this was evident in the continued mass surrender of terrorists and their sympathisers.
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno, also lauded the task force for its effort in securing the region and assured it of Nigeria and Borno government support.
Mr Dole, a colonel, said in a statement on Sunday that those eliminated in the well coordinated land and air offensives included 10 key commanders.
The UK said the Lake Chad Basin was an important area, one that they consider a priority.
The MNJTF troops say they have killed scores of Boko Haram and the ISWAP terrorists in the ongoing Lake Chad region clearance operations.
