Military pressure, factional clashes force 25 ISWAP family members to surrender in Borno

Twenty-five household members of ISWAP terrorists person surrendered to Nigerian troops successful abstracted incidents successful Borno State amid intensified subject operations against insurgents successful the North-East.

The surrender progressive 4 radical who gave themselves up to troops of 3 Battalion, Marine, astatine Combat Outpost Ladari connected August 30, and different radical of 21, comprising 7 women and 14 children, who surrendered astatine Mafa connected September 2.

Zagazola Makama, a information expert and counter-insurgency adept successful the Lake Chad region, disclosed the improvement successful a station connected X.

According to Makama, the 4 individuals who surrendered connected August 30 were from Arianna, Koloram Yerwa Kura and Tumbuma communities successful Marte Local Government Area of Borno State.

He said they were subsequently taken into the custody of the 24 Military Intelligence Regiment for further probe and indispensable action.

In the 2nd incident, 21 household members of the insurgents surrendered to troops of 112 Task Force Battalion astatine Mafa successful Dikwa Local Government Area.

Preliminary probe indicated that the radical fled the Yaganari violent enclave amid ongoing clashes betwixt rival ISWAP factions.

The latest improvement comes arsenic subject unit intensifies connected violent groups operating crossed Borno and different parts of the North-East, with sustained operations targeting th...