Ten more Boko Haram/ISWAP with their weapons surrenders to Nigerian Army
By: Zagazola Makama
Atleast ten more Boko haram /Islamic State of West Africa Province insurgents with children, have surrendered to troops in the Northeast of Borno state,Zagazola Learnt.
An Intelligence Officer, who disclosed this to Zagazola Makama, said that the insurgents group, consisting 10 male and 5 children, came out from their hiding enclaves around Jango Village and Mandara Mountain in Gwoza and surrendered to troops of 151 Battalion in Banki, Bama local Government Area on April 3, 2022.
The sect members were those loyal to the Boko Haram faction Jama’tu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS), Malam Bakura Salaba who was recently killed by Bakura Buduma, a Leader of Boko Haram, who replaced Abubakar Shekau.
The intelligence source said that the insurgents dropped their arms due to sustained aerial bombardment and aggressive intensive clearance operation by troops of Operation Hadin Kai.
He said that that 2 AK 47 riffles, 1 G3 riffle 1 X FN riffle, 1 X PKT gun, 120 Rounds of 7.62MM Nato, 31 RDS X 7.62MM special, 3 AK 47 extra Magazines, 3 X G3 Extra Magazines, 1, 36 HG, 2, knives and the sum of N600,000 was handed over to the troops by the insurgents.
He noted that the suspects and their family members would recieved medical attention at a military medical facility, after which they would undergo thorough profiling and investigation in line with global best practices in handling such cases.
Recalled that morethan 50,000 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists and their families have so far surrendered to the troops of the Operation Hadin Kai in the North-East between September 2021 to April 22.
Maj.- Gen. Christopher Musa, Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), said this at a news conference, said the surrendered terrorists comprised 11,349 fighters, 15,289 women and 24,163 children.
