Female Family Member of ISWAP/JAS Terrorists Surrenders in Bama

Female Family Member of ISWAP/JAS Terrorists Surrenders in Bama

By: Zagazola Makama

A female family member linked to suspected ISWAP terrorists has surrendered to troops operating in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State.

Sources disclosed that the woman surrendered at about 10:08 a.m. on May 19 to troops of the 81 Division Task Force Battalion operating within Sector 1 Area of Responsibility.

The female surrenderer reportedly came out from Gargash village in Bama LGA and voluntarily presented herself to the troops.

Military sources said she was subsequently profiled and documented in line with existing procedures for further necessary action.

The surrender is the latest in a series of defections involving insurgents and their family members in the North-East, following sustained military offensives and clearance operations targeting terrorist enclaves across the region.

Security sources said ongoing counterterrorism operations had continued to exert pressure on insurgent groups operating within the Lake Chad Basin and Sambisa forest areas, leading to increasing cases of surrender by fighters and their relatives.

The military has maintained that surrendered individuals are subjected to profiling, intelligence gathering and other procedures in accordance with extant operational guidelines.

Female Family Member of ISWAP/JAS Terrorists Surrenders in Bama