boko haram surrenders

Boko Haram members surrender
to JTF in large number

In January, 2017 alone, more than one

thousand members of radical Islamist sect,

The terrorists who have been repeatedly

annihilated by the Nigerian Army in

series of reprisal and ambush attacks,

have been depleted in recent months,

and the report about their surrender

may be signalling an end to insurgency

in Nigeria.

Sanusi Abdullahi, head of the JTF crew,

informed the defence chiefs from Lake

Chad Basin Authority in Abuja,

Nigeria’s federal capital while

imploring countries which were affected

by terrorism to ensure stability and

peace in their areas.

This news is also coming on the heels of

a report by the Nigerian Air Force that

Boko Haram terrorists’ vehicle mounted

were on Friday, February 24, destroyed

with anti-aircraft gun in Borno state.

The Air Force made this known in a

press release on Saturday, February 25,

which was accompanied by a video.

“The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter

jets yesterday successfully intercepted a

group of Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT)

moving in an Hilux vehicle mounted with

anti-aircraft gun.

“The armed vehicle was sighted at Talala

in Northern Borno by an Intelligence,

Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)

aircraft on patrol, which then called for

strike by combat platform," the

statement read in part.