BEVERLY HILLS, January 06, (THEWILL) – About 20 more members of the Boko Haram insurgents have surrendered in Niger republic as the onslaught against them continues.
This was revealed by Niger’s Interior Minister, Bazoum Mohamed, in an interview broadcast on the state TV channel Tele Sahel.
He declared that about 50 Boko Haram fighters have now given themselves up in the country since December 27.
THEWILL recalls that about 31 combatants surrendered at Diffa, in Southeastern Niger, a Boko Haram stronghold close to the border with Nigeria at the end of last month.
Mohamed attributed the success to a military squeeze on the group, launched in July, coordinated with security forces in Nigeria and Chad assuring that more surrenders will follow
He also declared that, “in some sectors, the war (against Boko Haram) is already over.”
But he warned that “organised Boko Haram elements are training” in the marshes of Lake Chad, a zone that straddles the three countries.
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