A military officer has revealed that dozens of emaciated Boko Haram fighters begging for food have surrendered to Nigerian soldiers in Borno State.
The senior army official who spoke on condition of anonymity said 76 Boko Haram supporters, including their children and women surrendered to the army over the weekend.
He added that all the jihadists have been detained at military headquarters in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital which is also the birth place of the terror group.A civilian JTF member who escorted the detainees said many more terrorists want to surrender but are afraid to do so, for fear of retribution.The latest development is an indication that the Nigerian military is succeeding in cutting off the supply routes of the Islamic extremists who have taken their fight across Nigeria’s borders.
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