By Newsie Events Media:
The Over 1000 Boko Haram and Islamic State West African Province fighters whom the Nigerian military claimed to have surrendered to troops in Borno State has been gifted clothes and food items by the Nigerian Army, according to SaharaReporters .
It was also gathered that the repentant fighters were 335, while their family members were 746 women and children , adding up to 1,081 persons.
The surrendered terrorists include the Boko Haram and ISWAP logistics suppliers Musa Adamu, aka Mala Musa Abuja, and his second-in-command , Usman Adamu.
Reports have it that they turned themselves in to the troops of Operation Hadin Kai of the Nigerian Army in the Bama Local Government Area of Borno State alongside their families and followers.
The Acting General Officer Commanding, 7 Division, and Commander Sector 1 OPHK, Abdulwahab Eyitayo, received them at Headquarters 21 Special Armoured Brigade, Bama.
The repentant fighters were reportedly advised by the General to convince their former colleagues to stop participating in terrorism, embrace peace and rehabilitation.
He disclosed that the former insurgents would undergo a rehabilitation process at a government facility before reintegration.
The repentant insurgents thereafter received the new clothes, food items, groceries and toiletries.
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