Nigeria, Aug. 16 -- The security forces on Saturday reportrd to have recorded a major breakthrough with the capture of two top leaders of the Ansaru terrorist group.

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, while confirming this to newsmen in Abuja, disclosed that the intelligence-led operation conducted between May and July decapitated the leadership of the Al-Qaeda-linked group and dealt "the most decisive blow against them."

According to him, the operation was carried out in collaboration with the armed forces, intelligence agencies and other security stakeholders, adding that the operation was launched against Ansaru enclaves in and around Kainji National Park, straddling Niger and Kwara, with links extending into Ben...