Christopher Musa, theatre commander of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), says about 83,000 Boko Haram members have so far surrendered to the troops of the Nigerian army.
Speaking on Friday during a visit to Mai Mala Buni, Yobe
governor, Musa said the surrendered terrorists are currently undergoing rehabilitation
at various facilities.
The theatre commander said 41,000 of the surrendered
terrorists are children who were being trained as future fighters.
“God has been very magnanimous for us, we have received a lot of surrendered individuals. We are moving almost 83, 000 now, out of that number, over 41, 000 are children,” Musa said.
“The terrorists are trying to develop a new set of
terrorists, their own children and that would have been very dangerous because
you know normally for children when they grow up and whatever they see is what
they copy.
“So, if they grow and think killing is natural, they become
very dangerous.”
The theatre commander said the military and other security
agencies will continue to implement effective strategies to bring terrorism in
the region to an end.
“Whatever it takes,
whatever it needs for us to have peace, we are determined to achieve that. The
chief of army staff has been very, very supportive in all we are doing and that
has made our work much, much easier,” he said.
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