Surrender Before We Get To You – Army Chief Tells Insurgents

Chief of army staff, Faruk Yahaya has adviced insurgents and other criminals across the country to surrender before it’s too late.

The COAS gave this warning on Monday in Maiduguri, Borno state capital, while addressing troops during the flag-off of a special welfare flight programme for personnel of the joint task force of ‘Operation Hadin Kai’.

Over the past two weeks, atleast 100 Boko Haram/ISWAP terorrists  have surrendered to security agencies.

The army chief said “We are getting them in droves surrendering already and we urge them to continue to surrender and lay down their arms and toe the line of peace,”

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“The other ones in the bush should also come out and surrender so that we’ll conclude.

“If they fail, we will get to them. We have gotten some and will get to all who fail to surrender whether in the north-east, north-west or north-central.”