In a speech at the event held at Muna Camp, Mr Zulum said the exercise was coming three years after IDPs in official camps were resettled back to their homes.
Mr Buba said the troops also rescued 4,641 hostages, while 1,437 suspected oil thieves were apprehended within the period under review.
The Yobe government on Wednesday said repentant Boko Haram members are assisting in counterinsurgency operations in the state.
The force commander, Ibrahim Ali, said this at a news conference in Maiduguri on Tuesday.
“Amnesty International condemns Boko Haram’s latest vicious killing of at least 75 persons during a deadly attack on Tuesday targeting fishermen at Tunbun Rogo.”
According to the fleeing resident, the terrorists called the locals together on Thursday morning and gave them a warning.
DHQ spokesman Edward Buba disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the Nigerian military’s operations on Thursday in Abuja.
The Nigeria Air Force says the components of Operations Hadarin Daji and Hadin Kai killed 30 terrorists in airstrikes in their hideouts in Katsina and Borno.
NEMA has handed over 37,000 bags of assorted food commodities approved by the federal government to the Borno government.
MNJTF says a Boko Haram commander, Adamu Muhammad, and five other fighters have surrendered to the military authorities in Borno.
