Boko Haram Members Surrender Themselves And Weapons To Nigerian Armed Forces...

Following the several defeats Boko Haram terrorists suffered in the hands of Special Forces of the Nigerian military, some of the insurgents have surrendered to the Nigerian armed forces even as some of them who were captured during encounters were said to be giving useful information to the troops.

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According to a source , “many of the insurgents have no more courage to fight again. Now that they know that Shekau had been killed, many of them are now surrendering their arms. I believe we are coming to the end of insurgency in the North-East.”

 

As at the early hours of Sunday, about 11 terrorists were said to have surrendered while many of those arrested, are now cooperating with the military and volunteering information about their plans and activities. Several dangerous weapons including Anti-Aircraft guns and Rocket Propelled Grenades, General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG), AK 47 and ammunitions, were recovered during the confrontation. 

The Defence Headquarters, in its Twitter handle, said “as the heat on the terrorists continues, five terrorists surrendered with all their weapons to troops at Konduga, pleading for mercy on Saturday.”

Other captured terrorists, who refused to surrender, had also been giving useful information on the subsequent plans of the group in an apparent offer to cooperate.

In the last few days, there have been several attempts by terrorists desperate to gain entry to Konduga, which the Nigerian troops had continued to foil.

It was gathered that the move by the terrorists was aimed at recovering bodies of prominent fighters who had died in the previous encounters in the area.

Meanwhile, the Nigerian troops have recovered more weapons during the mop-up operations while some of their (terrorists’) vehicles have been destroyed.