Boko Haram insurgents have continued to surrender in the terror-troubled North-East as the Nigerian military widens its offensive against terror in the region and around Lake Chad.
No fewer than 51 of the insurgents, comprising two of their commanders, Ba’a Usman (Munzir) and Alhaji Ari (Nakib), and 49 fighters surrendered to troops of the Operation Hadin Kai Thearter Command, in Damboa, 85 kilometres south of Maiduguri, on Sunday, November 20.
READ ALSO:
A military source, Zagazola Makama, investigation revealed that the insurgents sneaked out of the surrounding Sambisa forest, where they had been hiding and waging a campaign of terror.
Authoritative sources told The PUNCH that by mid-November, about 100,000 insurgents, comprising combatants and non-combatants and their families, had surrendered to Nigerian troops.
Terrorists release video of kidnapped palace servant, others in Zamfara A servant of the Emir…
Man who has lived in America for over 13 years says he’s tired, wants to return home After…
May Day: A'Ibom gov increases minimum wage to N40,000 Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State…
El-Rufai ignored us for 8 years, Kaduna NLC praises Gov Sani The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour…
Umahi replies Obi over Lagos-Calabar coastal project criticism Minister of Works, David Umahi, has accused Peter…
Appeal court takes over NURTW case as NIC withdraws The National Industrial Court has withdrawn…