Boko Haram: Terrorists’ Vulcanizer explains why fighters are coming out without their weapons in Borno

Boko Haram: Terrorists’ Vulcanizer explains why fighters are coming out without their weapons in Borno

Abatcha Ngala, a Vulcanizer and fighter with the Islamic State for West African Province, ISWAP has surrendered to the Nigerian Troops along Dikwa, Ngala general area of Operations in Borno state Northeast Nigeria.

The former fighter who came along with his wife also explained why most of the fighters coming out were not carrying their weapons.

It could be recalled that residents of Maiduguri the Borno state capital have observed that Boko Haram fighters who had been surrendering to troops in droves were coming out of the forest without their weapons, a situation which posses a lot of questions about the sincerity and reasons as to why they are embracing the military olive branch on Borno state.

NEWSng gathered that the former fighter, who submitted himself to troops said he was a Vulcanizer for the terrorists, a business he has been doing before deciding to join the terror group, which has been fighting government troops in the last 12 years.

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According to Abatcha, ” This is my legal wife, whom married long before I joined the terror group. We had two children and we took them along when I joined ISWAP but those children are late now. ” He said. 
Speaking on how they have been surviving Abatcha Ngala said, they always received their food through Monguno town and villages around Cameroon. 

According to him they exchange food with fish because they also catches fish and sell to the people. ” We used to catch fish and sell and we do not have issues getting food because we have people bringing food both within the country and across the border from Cameroon republic.” He added.

Abatcha said, most of the fighters do not have their own rifles as it was only given to them whenever they are going out for Operations. ” I never had a gun. Our leaders brings them when we are going out and they always collect them back after the operations.”

Speaking on how he got out from the group and submit himself, Abatcha said he got tired with the whole idea of the group and tried to escape at one point but he was arrested and put in prison where he spent four months before he was released.

 ” After my release from prison, we plan again with my friends (three of them) and decided to move out but they back down in the end for fear. They ask me to go ahead that when I succeed they too will find a way to come out. So, I took my wife and we escaped. This is we are submitting ourselves to troops.” He said.

Boko Haram: Terrorists Vulcanizer explains why fighters are coming out without their weapons in Borno