Five Boko Haram insurgents surrender, says DHQ
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said yesterday that five Boko Haram
insurgents have surrendered after encounters in Konduga, the Borno State
town that has been a theatre of war.
It said the affected insurgents pleaded for mercy after surrendering their weapons.
The DHQ, which made the disclosure in a tweet yesterday, said some captured insurgents were already giving useful information.
The tweet said: “As the heat on terrorists continues, five terrorists
yesterday surrendered with all their weapons to troops in Konduga,
pleading for mercy
“Other captured terrorists have also been giving
useful information on the subsequent plans of the group in an apparent
offer to cooperate.”
Another security source said: “For the fourth
time, the insurgents had attempted to gain entrance into Konduga on
Saturday but they were repelled by troops.
“Following relentless
onslaught by troops, many members of the Boko Haram terrorists group are
beginning to surrender voluntarily.
“Some of them submitted
themselves and their weapons to the leadership of the troops in Konduga
during a further campaign at the weekend.
“In the last few days
there have been several attempts by terrorists desperate to gain entry
to Konduga which the Nigerian troops have continued to foil.
“The
terrorists’ move was aimed at recovering the bodies of their prominent
fighters who had died in the previous encounters in the area.
“Also,
the Nigerian troops have recovered more weapons during the mop up
operations while some of their (terrorists’) vehicles have been
destroyed.
In the last two weeks, troops killed over 150 Boko Haram insurgents in Konduga to halt their bold bid to march on Maiduguri.
The latest development confirmed the alarm raised by the Borno Elders Forum (BEF) Maiduguri is under threat.
The BEF last Wednesday cried out that Boko Haram insurgents had surrounded Maiduguri.
A statement by the Chairman of the Forum, Amb. Gaji Galtimari Usman,
said about 50 per cent of the population of Borno State had relocated to
Maiduguri.
9/22/2014
Five Boko Haram insurgents surrender, says DHQ
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