By Sumaila Ogbaje/Abuja
Forty-seven Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists have surrendered to the Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in the Lake Chad and surrounding areas.
The Chief of Military Public Information MNJTF N’Djamena – Chad, Col. Timothy Antigha said the terrorists surrendered with their families in Sector 1 of the MNJTF.
Antigha said that the recent incessant power tussle in the top echelon of the terrorist groups, ethnic tension and failure to actualise the establishment of a caliphate in the Sahel contributed to the surrender.
He said a member of the group, who admitted to have participated in various attacks on Banki, Fotokol, Gambarou Ngala, New Marte, Chikun Gudu, among others, had expressed frustration with the lack of progress in the jihad.
Antigha quoted the surrendered terrorists as saying, they could not make progress due to the preoccupation of the leadership in the pursuit of material things.
“They told us that we were being lied to and cheated by apostate governments, but I have not seen any difference between Shekau and those he has been condemning.
“He may even be worse. I am having it a lot better here because since we came out of the bush, we have been fed and catered for”.
Antigha further disclosed that another surrendered terrorist claimed that he was misled to kill innocent people, for which he might face physical and spiritual condemnation.
He said that the terrorist also added that there was ethnic rivalry among members of Boko Haram and ISWAP.
He quoted him as saying, “If you do not speak a particular language, you can not be appointed a commander or made a guard in the bush and you can not even be allowed to also go for tax collection.
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