The COAS assured them of improved welfare and a new reward system for troops who performed gallantly in any operation.
Army spokesman said the activities of the suspect and his accomplices were responsible for the recent attacks on troops.
The soldiers commandeered two Browning machine guns, 20 AK-47 rifles, five FN rifles, two 60mm mortar tube.
The troops captured one AK-47 rifle and one AK-47 rifle top cover from the encounter.
An army memo disclosed that three of the civilians who received gunshot wounds were currently being treated at a specialist hospital in Maiduguri.
