Over 120,000 Boko Haram fighters, family members surrendered troops – COAS Lagbaja
No fewer than 350 persons have been rescued from the Sambisa forest while 120,000 Boko Haram fighters and their families in the North-East have surrendered to the Nigerian Army, the military authorities said.
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja on Thursday in Kano, said this while delivering a keynote address during the second quarter edition of the Nigerian Army Civil-Military Cooperation Media Chat 2024.
Lagbaja, who was represented by Major General Mayirensa Lander David Saraso, said he was pleased to state that the Nigerian Army in collaboration with sister-services and other security agencies have continued to record remarkable successes in the North West, North Central, South East, South West and South South regions of the country.
He explained that troops in the North East have neutralized hundreds of terrorists including scores of their top commanders thereby liberating several of their enclaves in the Sambisa forest, Tumbuktu triangle and the Mandara mountains.
