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49 Boko Haram fighters from Sambisa forest surrender

No fewer than two Notorious Commanders of Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, terrorist group (Boko Haram), Ba’a Usman (Munzir) and Alhaji Ari,(Nakib) have surrendered to troops of Operation Hadin Kai.

They surrendered with 47 other members of the terrorist group after coming out of Sambisa Forest following intensive air and ground assault on terrorist’s enclaves by troops of operation Hadin Kai.

Military sources, disclosed that the terrorists surrendered to the Troops of 25 Task Force Brigade Damboa on Sunday, November 20, 2022.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the insurgents came out from Sambisa forest, where they have been hiding and waging campaign of terror.

It would be recalled that no fewer than 90,000 insurgents comprising combatants and non-combatants and their families have so far surrendered to the Nigerian Troops.

The sources said the sustained onslaughts on the insurgents under the kinetic and non-kinetic approaches had led to the mass surrender.

Zagazola Makama, a Security Analyst and A Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst on the Lake Chad, Zagazola Makama confirmed the surrender

Meanwhile, the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army on Sunday concluded the training of 40 security guards to strengthen security in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

The General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the division, Maj.-Gen. Shauib Waidi, said that the measure was to close security gaps in the camp.

“This camp has close to 30,000 occupants; a lot of things have been happening where Boko Haram were infiltrating into the camp.

“We felt we needed to have a home grown security response like this one that was specifically created to secure the camp,” he said.

The GOC, represented by Lt. Col. Agbo Solomon, Commander, 195 Battalion, said that the security guards had undergone intensive training on small arms handling with emphasis on safety and protection.

He added that they were trained in unarmed combat, how to disarm adversaries during attacks, and defend themselves using combinations of physical combat techniques.

“They are equally trained on intelligence gathering; how to process and relay information with their own inputs using the appropriate channels.

“They have also been trained on how to respond to fire incidents which are recurring every year in this camp that is housing about 30,000 persons,” he added.

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