Six more members of the Boko Haram terrorist group in the Lake Chad region, spanning Cameroon and Nigeria, have surrendered to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) operations between Wednesday, April 17 and Saturday, April 27, 2024.

In a statement signed by the Chief of Military Public Information, Lt. Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, the laying down of arms by the terrorists was another progress of Operation Lake Sanity 2.

A 19-year-old Boko Haram terrorist named Alhaji Ali surrendered to troops of 403 Amphibious Brigade (Baga) of Sector 3 in Monguno, Nigeria on 17 April 2024. Ali, revealed to have had a 3-year affiliation with Boko Haram's Buduma faction, and hailing from Masarram on Lake Chad Islandresiding at Duguri, highlighted the growing discontentment within the terrorist group, the statement said.

CEOAFRICA exclusively obtained that 2 more terrorists, Haoudou Sedik, 37, and Kadja Ousman, 21, turned themselves in on 25 April 2024, at Blangua, Cameroon, to troops of Sector 1 in the Darak area of southern Lake Chad. Investigations reveal their origins from Chad, residing in the localities of Kami-Wari and Kourea, respectively.

The statement also continued that, on 26 April, when Mohammed Abdulraman, 38, his wife Sadiya, and their two children (aged 13 and an infant), bearing one 36 Hand Grenade, surrendered to Sector 3's 403 Amphibious Brigade at the Kwatam Turare axis, Baga, Nigeria.

Abdulraman, identified as a foot soldier since 2017 in Sharama, cited the internal crisis and the influence of MNJTF's Operation Nashrul Salam as reasons for their defection.

“On 27 April 2024, Yusuf Umaru, a 25-year-old, surrendered to the troops of 19 Brigade, Sector 3, in Kekeno, within the Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. During the initial investigation, Umaru revealed that he had been abducted by Boko Haram militants along the Monguno-Maiduguri road in 2020. He stated that during his captivity, he was forced to work as a storeroom keeper in one of the terrorist group's camps located on the islands of Lake Chad,” the Chief of Military Public Information said.

On the premise of these landmarks, the MNJTF troops “calls upon other Boko Haram terrorists hiding in the Lake Chad islands and adjoining communities to cease hostilities and embrace peace.”

“We reiterate our commitment to restoring lasting peace and stability to the Lake Chad Basin, encouraging terrorists to follow the path of those who have already surrendered,” the statement concluded.