The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba has alleged that over 100,000 former Boko Haram members have surrendered and are being rehabilitated by the state governments.
He specifically noted the decline of Boko Haram in the North East, attributing this to the military’s effective firefight and the low morale of the terrorists. He highlighted that the current security situation in Nigeria is a “state of war” due to the ongoing firefight between troops and terrorists. He argued that despite the risks the military has succeeded in killing and capturing terrorists.
He said in an interview with Channels TV From 17:48, ”I would say that we are actually in a State of War even though it may not look like that in several parts of the country. But I can tell you for a fact that there is a firefight going on and the likelihood that one of our troops may be killed is there. But I will also add that in the each and every engagement that we have had with the terrorist, we have killed more of the terrorists and many of them are surrendering.
And that speaks to the quality of our firefight that we have today. When you look at what is happening in the North East, I can tell you that after 10 years Boko Haram is a declining threat in the North East. Their motivations are very low and we can see it from the way they are surrending. We have over 100,000 surrendered Boko Haram members and they are being rehabilitated. The rehabilitation program is not being handled by the military, it is being handled by the state government.”….Vïêw–Môrê