Nigerian Army Receives 204 Repentant Boko Haram Terrorists

Nigerian Army Receives 204 Repentant Boko Haram Terrorists
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Africa Daily News, New York reports that no fewer than 204 Boko Haram terrorists and their family members have announced their unconditional surrender to the Nigerian Army which was orchestrated through a fresh Operation nicknamed Hadin Kai.

The handover ceremony was in Bama Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State.

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According to the Nigerian Army on Wednesday, “profiling of the surrendered Boko Haram terrorists is ongoing.”

The statement reads: “The ongoing offensive onslaught against terrorism in the North East region recorded another feat today, 15 June 2022 as 204 Boko Haram fighters including their family members surrendered to troops of Operation Hadin Kai in Bama LGA of Borno State. Profiling of the surrendered terrorists is ongoing”.

In another report, it has been revealed that troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) in conjunction with the Civilian Joint Task Force have eliminated nearly 47 terrorists including top commanders of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād which is a splinter Boko Haram faction.

The combined troops who were supported by the 21 Army Armoured Brigade, Bama, stormed one of the deadliest camps of the insurgents in Gazuwa village in Bama local government area in a crack operation on June 12, 2022.

The camp, which was renamed by the terrorists as “Gazuwa or Markas” (headquarters) and formerly known as Gabchari, Mantari and Mallum Masari, haboured more than 3,000 fighters and their families from the Abubakar Shekau Faction.

According to an intelligence report obtained by Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency expert and security analyst in the Lake Chad region, the troops made contact with Boko Haram/ISWAP elements in the general area and engaged them in a fierce gun battle which lasted for more than three hours.

The sources said the troops met fierce resistance from the terrorists as they stormed out in their hundreds with motorcycles and various calibre of weapons and responded from different angles, but the troops killed 47 of them and forced others to flee.

 

Africa Daily News, New York

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