78 Boko Haram Terrorists Surrender As Infighting, Troops’ Onslaught Intensify

A total of 78 Boko Haram terrorists and their family members have in the past few days surrendered to the troops of Sector 3 Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) Operation Hadin Kai in Monguno local government area of Borno State.

It was learnt that the terrorists surrendered due to the sustained onslaught on their hideouts by troops as well as the raging infighting with rival ISWAP terrorists, which have led to the killing of over 100 terrorists on both sides within the last seven days.

Both groups were taking advantage of their strengths and weaknesses to attack each other. In most cases, they attack everyone on sight, including women and children, in the absence of their targets.

Information obtained from intelligence sources and made available to LEADERSHIP by Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad region, revealed that the Boko Haram Buduma faction which had an upper hand against the ISWAP in the recent turn of events, successfully captured most of the enclaves of ISWAP terrorists, forcing them to take refuge in a more fortified hideouts in the axis of Kukawa, Madayi and Kwatan Mota.

Their recent feat against ISWAP was achieved due to the fact that some aggrieved ISWAP fighters had left the group to join forces with the Boko Haram Buduma faction.

Our correspondent further learnt that on August 13, 2023, Boko Haram faction intercepted about 60 ISWAP terrorists including three key Commanders, Abubakar Saddiq, Abou Maimuna and Malam Idris, on their way to Damasak.

The high-profile captives were later taken to an underground prison cell at Kwatan Mota close to Dogon Chuku, where they were held as prisoners of war.