The Nigerian Army on Thursday said 68 Boko Haram insurgents surrendered to troops in Borno over the last three weeks.
Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director Public Relations, Theatre Command, Operation Lafiya Dole, said in a statement released in Maiduguri.
Nwachukwu said that the military had intensified campaign through coordinated air and land offensive against the insurgents.
“Air and artillery bombardments were backed by long range patrols and ambushes targeted at preventing fleeing Boko Haram insurgents from escaping and also denying them access to logistics supply,” he said.
Nwachukwu said that the sustained operations had brought the insurgents to the brink of defeat thereby forcing many of them to surrender.
“In their testimonies, the insurgents revealed that most of their enclaves are untenable which made life unbearable…
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