Some notorious members of the dreaded terrorist group, Boko Haram have surrendered to the men of the Nigerian army as they can no longer cope with the fighting condition.
Four Boko Haram terrorists who voluntarily surrendered to troops of
Operation Lafiya Dole operating around Kumshe were yesterday handed
over to the Headquarters Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, in
Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri. The terrorists who claimed they are
from the Abubakar Shekau faction comprised 3 men, one woman and 3
children.
Two of the men were Boko Haram Amirs (Commanders) , while the third
man was a Boko Haram Medic, who provided medical treatments to wounded
insurgents in the field. The only woman among them is a wife to one of
the Amirs and held a position as one of the women leaders amongst the
female terrorists , while the children, comprising two girls and a boy
are offsprings of the surrendered terrorists.
Speaking during the handover, the Theatre Commander Operation
Lafiya Dole, Major General Rogers Nicholas stated that the foot soldiers
of the Boko Haram terrorists group have been deceived and fooled by
their leaders for too long, making them believe that they will be killed
by the military, if they surrender to troops. He assured all insurgents
who are willing to surrender that they will not be killed, but rather,
will be deradicalized and rehabilitated in the Federal Government’s
Operation Safe Corridor.
General Nicholas called on all Boko Haram insurgents to abandon the
group’s meaningless and futile struggle and come out from their
hideouts to voluntarily surrender to troops nearest to their location .
In a chat with journalists at the handing over of the insurgents,
the Theatre Commander disclosed that as part of Civil Military
Cooperation (CIMIC) activities earmarked for the celebration of the
Nigerian Army Day for year 2018 (NADCEL), Operation Last Hold will be
conducted in the North East theatre of operation during which Internally
Displaced Persons (IDP) will be encouraged to relocate to their
communities to resume farming activities .
He added that the Nigerian Army will provide security to the locals
in their farming areas and also assist them in their farming projects.
The Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai will flag off
the project and encourage the IDPs to return to their farm lands. He
called on well meaning Nigerians to support this initiative by providing
farming implements and seedlings to the locals.
He further pleaded with the Bornu State Government to help sensitize and mobilise the locals on the initiative.
Please disseminate this information to the general public through your news medium.
Thank you for your usual cooperation.
Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu
Deputy Director Public Relations
Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole