After Clash with ISWAP, 443 Boko Haram Members Surrender to Nigerian Military
At least 443 Boko Haram members and families who escaped the week-long sustained massive attacks by the ISWAP fighters have surrendered to troops. This is as death toll on Boko Haram members following the ISWAP attack has risen to 300.
A total of 223 of the Boko Haram elements surrendered to the troops of Sector Multi National Joint Task Force(MNJTF) in Diffa and Gueskerou in the Republic of Niger between 7 to 10th March 2023.
Another 220 members, Boko Haram, surrendered to the troops of Operations Hadin Kai on March 10.
They revealed that the ongoing rivalry between both factions had forced the need for them to escape to safer areas.
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Zagazola reports that since February 27, 2023, Boko Haram had been fleeing their enclaves amidst deadly attacks targeted at the groups in Gaizuwa, otherwise known as Mantari, Gabchari, Kashimiri, Maimusari in Bama, Yale in Konduga and Magumeri, by their former allies now turned bitter adversary.
In one of the attacks led by three notorious ISWAP Commanders, comprising Mallam Abubakar Maina, Qaed Malam Dahiru, Qaed Mallam Dahiru in Guzamala, over 200 Boko Haram militant jihadists, including their women and children were eliminated.
The onslaught against the group continued on the 8th March 2023, when more than 100 of them were killed in the fringes of Baga, Marte, and Dikwa. This time, the terrorists targeted only the men, sparing their families.
