No fewer than 25 members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) faction of Boko Haram have surrendered to Nigerian Army troops in Bama, Borno State.
A military source told The Nation that the surrendered group comprised 12 adult females and 13 children from Zalmari, Gazuwa, and Alafa villages. They are currently undergoing profiling by the 21 Special Armoured Brigade.
According to the source, on August 11, troops of 233 Battalion, in conjunction with the Civilian Joint Task Force, laid an ambush along the Sassawa–Kaburu axis in Damaturu Local Government Area of Yobe State, killing one terrorist and recovering an AK-47 rifle.