**Marte, Mafa, Gamborou-Ngala and Bama LGAs are mapped out.
**100 patrol vehicles moved towards Mafa axis, back by the Air Force.
**3,000 New troops deployed to Borno alone and more are coming in few days.
**another set of troop was moved to the Sambisa Games Reserve, where boko haram have training ground.
A Fortified Joint Task Force (JTF) has begun a large scale offensive against Islamic terror group, Boko Haram.
The Islamist group's Camps in a remote Northeastern park has been raided, casualty figure is unknown.
A massive deployment of troops, armoured tanks, combat helicopters and other military hardware into Maiduguri, the Borno state capital which continued yesterday with divisions of the security forces taking strategic positions at the areas identified as epicentres of the Boko Haram insurgent group.
Over 3000 troops have been deployed so far to Borno state to complete the efforts of the about 5,000 members of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in on ground nd more are coming in few days.
The Soldiers, backed by over 30 armoured tanks and armoured personnel carriers were divided into four groups and despatched to Marte, Mafa, Gamborou-Ngala and Bama LGAs which are the epicentres of the insurgency. 100 patrol vehicles moved towards Mafa axis, back by the Air Force.
"Our men raided some terrorist camps in the Sambisa Game Reserve," in Borno state, said the senior officer who requested anonymity.
Another set of troop was moved to the Sambisa Games Reserve, in Damboa LGA, in the southern part of the state, where the insurgents are suspected to have set up a base and training camp.
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