One hundred and four members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and their families have surrendered to troops, the Nigerian Army has said.
The army disclosed this on Monday via its verified Facebook page
where it shared photos of some of the repentant terrorists and their
relatives.
According to the army, the former ISWAP fighters surrendered their
weapons on Saturday to troops of the 25 Task Force Brigade in Damboa
town of Borno State.
A breakdown of the figure shows that 22 of those received by the
soldiers are men, 27 of them are women and the remaining 55 are
children.
The Director of Defence Media Operations at the Defence Headquarters
in Abuja, Major General Bernard Onyeuko, also confirmed this to
Channels Television on Monday.
Although he did not give details about the latest development, the
military spokesman said troops in the North East have continued to gain
successes over the activities of ISWAP fighters in the region.
