17 Terrorist Fighters, Family Members Surrender, Troops Reject Inducement from Suspected Spy
Linus Aleke in Abuja The military has disclosed that no fewer than 17 terrorist fighters, accompanied by their family members, surrendered to troops of Joint Task Force North-East Operation Hadin Kai
In a recent disclosure, the military reported that 17 terrorist fighters along with their families surrendered to Joint Task Force North-East within a week. They cited harsh living conditions, hunger and a lack of basic provisions as reasons for their surrender. Separately, troops with the Joint Task Force North-West, Operation Fansan Yamma, rejected an offer of financial inducement from a suspected terrorist spy attempting to avoid capture in Sokoto State.
The military recovered six firearms and over 300 rounds of ammunition during this period. They also rescued a female kidnapping victim and her one-year-old child, who had been forced into child marriage by her captors in Borno State. On 6 September, troops intercepted a truck on the Gurbi-Zurmi Road in Katsina State, seizing four motorcycles and arresting the driver.
Follow-up actions led to the arrest of 12 suspects and recovery of additional items. On 8 September, troops apprehended a suspect spying on troops’ location in Dange Market, Sokoto State, who had attempted to evade arrest with financial inducement but was resisted by the troops. On 4–7 September, sustained military operations resulted in the surrender of 17 terrorists with their families in Monguno and along the Gwoza-Limankara Road in Borno State due to living conditions, hunger and lack of provisions in terrorist enclaves.
A female abductee and her child were rescued near Gava in Borno State on 8 September, revealing she was forced into child marriage in 2025. A suspected terrorist collaborator was arrested in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, with confiscated radio equipment linked to a local reprisal attack. On 10 September, troops intercepted a suspected ammunition courier along the Birnin Gwari axis, recovering 300 rounds of ammunition.
The Chief of Defence Staff praised troops' efforts in neutralizing terrorists, disrupting logistics and arms trafficking, securing terrorist surrenders and kidnapping victims' rescue, and commended the collaboration between troops, security agencies and stakeholders, emphasizing adherence to international law.
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