Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno, has said that the surrender of Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters has contributed to reducing insurgency in the state by 80 percent.
Zulum stated this while speaking with state house correspondents at the Aso Rock villa on Thursday.
According to him: “I think those that are saying this are not aware of what is going on in Borno state. In Borno state, these people voluntarily surrendered by themselves,”
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“There is no provision, nor any law in the whole world, which states that those that have voluntarily surrendered shall be killed. And because of this surrender, amongst others, the insurgency situation in Borno state has been reduced by about 80 percent.
“We also became resilient enough to fight them. Involvement of civilian JTF, community resilience, enhancing peace building, social cohesion and stability are some of the things that we need to do in order to reduce insurgency.”
The governor said the operations of the multinational joint task force (MNJTF) would curb the activities of the terrorists around the Lake Chad region.
