BREAKING: Eight Boko Haram Terrorists Bows To Defeat, Surrenders AK-47 Riffles

At least eight Boko Haram terrorists have surrendered in the Bama Local Government Area of Borno State following a weeklong sustained offensive by the troops of Operation Hadin Kai in Sambisa forest.

VerseNews gathered that Bama is about 60km from Maiduguri, the state capital.

This Online News Media learnt that the terrorists from Birnin Abuja Village in Sambisa forest laid down their arms to the troops of the 21 Armoured Brigade on Friday.

The militants, Julebeb, Munkaila, Zarkawi, Sadiq, Baba, Abu Harira, Hamza And Bakura, who were active fighters loyal to the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, Boko Haram faction, surrendered their AK-47 rifles.

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It was learnt that they surrendered due to the troops’ onslaught as well as the Boko Haram-ISWAP infighting.

One of the surrendered terrorists said they lost hope in the fight. as the forest became inhabitable and their people were dying due to harship, bad living considitons and diseases.

 “Recall that over 100,000 terrorists with their families have surrendered to troops of Operation Hadin Kai within the last year,” he said.