Killer bee stings and snakebites have become the latest weapons in the fight against Nigeria-based terrorist group Boko Haram.

According to Nigeria newspaper Vanguard, members of the JTF vigilante group arrested members of the terrorist organization this week near the University of Maiduguri after they had fled from the Sambisa Forest.

"Most of us are fleeing because there are too many snakes and bees now in the forest. Once they bite, they disappear and the victims do not last for 24 hours," said Kolo Mustapha, one of the arrested insurgents. "We were told that the aggrieved people who had suffered from our deadly mission, including the ghosts of some of those we killed, are the ones turning into the [snakes] and bees."

The captured men are pleading for their lives and said they were forced into the sect. They are to provide the locations of Boko Haram hideouts and the locations of where other members who fled the forests have headed.

Vangaurd reported that one of the JTF leaders said most of the other insurgents who fled the forest and were captured surrendered peacefully. The leaders added that they had no choice but to kill those who resisted arrest.

He said, "These ones have not attempted to run or do anything bad. They promise to take us to where they hide their weapons. We are taking them to the chairman of our sector command before they are handed to security operatives."

While the snakes and the bees are doing a good job clearing the insurgents out of the forest, Boko Haram has not slowed its attacks. The Daily Mail reported that the group is suspected of bombing a brothel in Bauchi, Nigeria, on Wednesday. The bomb killed 11 people and wounded 28 more.

This week, the group bombed a shopping mall, killing at least 21 people. It also kidnapped 91 people last week, in addition to the 300 girls kidnapped this year.