Children of suspected Boko Haram members flee terrorists’ enclave, surrender to troops in Borno

Two teenage girls, believed to beryllium relatives of Boko Haram members, person escaped from a violent enclave successful the Mandara Mountains and surrendered to troops of Operation HADIN KAI successful Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State.

The improvement was reported by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency and information expert covering the Lake Chad region.

According to the report, the girls surrendered astatine astir 3:55pm. connected July 21 to troops of C Company, 192 Battalion Mechanised, deployed successful Gwoza.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the minors escaped from the Grazah violent enclave successful the Mandara Mountains earlier making their mode to the subject position.

“The girls escaped from the Grazah violent enclave earlier surrendering to troops,” the study stated.

The girls were identified arsenic 11-year-old Fatima Adamu and seven-year-old Rahima Adamu.

“Military sources said the 2 minors were received by the troops, decently screened and documented successful enactment with established operational procedures,” the study stated.

According to the report, the girls are presently successful the custody of the 192 Battalion, wherever they are undergoing further profiling and administrative procedures.

Makama further reported that the latest surrender adds to the growi...