Nigeria’s defence chief claims over 50,000 Boko Haram insurgents, families surrendered to troops in North-East

The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, said on Saturday 51,828 Boko Haram terrorists and their family members have surrendered to troops under the Operation Safe Corridor programme in the North-East.

Irabor, who disclosed in his address at the 7th Founders’ Day of the Edo State University Uzairue, said the insurgents surrendered to the troops between July 2021 and May last year.

The Operation Safe Corridor was created by the Federal Government to provide special facilities for the rehabilitation of repentant terrorists.