At least 443 more Boko Haram terrorists and their family members who escaped the week-long sustained massive attacks by the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters in Borno State, have surrendered to the Nigerian Army.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that this is as the death toll of Boko Haram members from a recent ISWAP attack rose to 300.
This newspaper learned that about 223 Boko Haram terrorists surrendered to the troops of Sector Multi National Joint Task Force(MNJTF) in Diffa and Gueskerou in Niger Republic between March 7 and 10.
Another 220 terrorists surrendered to the troops of Operations Hadin Kai on March 10. According to them, the ongoing rivalry between both factions forced them to flee to safer areas.
Since February 27, 2023, Boko Haram outlaws had been abandoning their enclaves amidst deadly attacks targeted at the groups in Gaizuwa, Gabchari, Kashimiri, Maimusari in Bama; and Yale in Konduga and Magumeri by their former allies turned bitter adversaries.
In one of the attacks led by three notorious ISWAP Commanders, comprising Mallam Abubakar Maina, Qaed Malam Dahiru, Qaed Abu Amir in Guzamala, over 200 Boko Haram militants, including their women and children were eliminated.
The onslaught against the group continued on March 8 when more than 100 of them were killed in the fringes of Baga, Marte and Dikwa. At the time, the terrorists targeted only the men, sparing their families.
The Director, Defence Media Operations of the Defence Headquarters, Major-General Musa Danmadami, put the number of surrendered Boko Haram members within the last two weeks at 1,332. This figure is believed to have increased.
