146 Boko Haram insurgents surrender— Army

The Nigerian Army has revealed that 146 suspected Boko Haram insurgents have surrendered their arms at various military formations in the North-East.

Roger Nicholas, commander of operation Lafiya Dole, disclosed this to journalists while parading 17 suspects who recently renounced their membership at the military command in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

“Seventy of them had surrendered in Munguno, 60 in Bama, while this set of 17 just willingly surrendered to our troops,” the commander said.

Nicholas said the amnesty opportunity provided in operation Safe Corridor was already yielding a positive result. He said the army had established designated centres at various commands and formation where the insurgents can come out and surrender.

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He further disclosed that the 17 insurgents had testified that they were no longer interested in the fight, renouncing their membership in exchange for reintegration.

The defence headquarters had in 2016 established rehabilitation camps as part of operation Safe Corridor in line with the federal government’s programme to rehabilitate and reintegrate surrendered Boko Haram insurgents.

 

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