Senior commanders, chief bomb expert of Boko Haram (BHTs) and Islamic State of West Africa Province ISWAP (ISWAP) terrorists have surrendered to troops in the North East.
According to military sources, following the recent escalation of offensive operations coupled with non-kinetic efforts by troops, the chief bomb expert of the terrorists group known as Musa Adamu a.K.a Mala Musa Abuja and his second in command Usman Adamu a.k.a Abu Darda along with their families and followers finally surrendered to the troops of operation HADIN KAI in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State.
The acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division and Commander Sector 1 OPHK, Brigadier General Abdulwahab Adelokun Eyitayo, was at Headquarters 21 Special Armoured Brigade Bama on Saturday, 7 August, 2021, to receive the set of the surrendered Boko Haram terrorists and their families.
During the visit, the GOC said their decision to drop their arms and come out was highly commendable, adding that they should also try and talk to their brothers and colleagues in the forest to come out and embrace the new life of peace and rehabilitation.
General Eyitayo whose speech was interpreted to the elements in local dialect further disclosed that they would undergo some rehabilitation process at a Government facility before reintegration into the larger society.
While distributing new cloths and assorted food items, groceries and toiletries to the surrendered terrorists and their families totalling 335 fighters, 746 adult women and children including one of the abducted Chibok girls, it was observed that the reasons for such massive turn was basically due to the intensified Nigerian military campaign in their enclaves and environs and also with the overwhelming famine, discontent, internal skirmishes, health challenges as well as untold hardship.
The Nigerian military has resolved to intensify both iyd kinetic and non-kinentic approaches towards the ongoing fight against insurgency in order to leverage on the knowledge of Musa Adamu and Usman Adamu and also with the current wave of turnout by terrorists to enable her achieve both short and long terms counter-insurgency gains in the North East.
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