"WE SURRENDER" Boko Haram kingpins surrender to JTF

"WE SURRENDER" Boko Haram kingpins surrender to JTF

Kingpins of the Boko Haram sect have surrendered themselves to the Joint Task Force (JTF) and more Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were recovered yesterday by JTF in some strategic locations in Mubi metropolis. Sources close to the JTF told Daily Sun that they opted to surrender because of the apparent military strength of JTF, coupled with the unraveling of their hideouts within the Mubi metropolis in the recent time, as well as the support of the people of Mubi.

Impeccable sources closed to the JTF at the Military Base in Mubi also told Daily Sun that a number of the suspects of the Boko Haram members have voluntarily submitted themselves to the JTF and have made confessional statements, leading to the arrest of more of the suspected Boko Haram kingpins in the area.
The reliable sources said, following a tip-off combined with the efforts of men of the State Security Services, Military Intelligence and the police, who constitute the JTF, the force had recovered more than hundred improvised explosive devices recovered from the suspects, following the regular house-to-house search and intelligent gathering from spirited stakeholders in the Mubi metropolis that have offered to give useful and reliable information to the task force.
When Daily Sun contacted the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP, Mohammed Ibrahim, he confirmed that a number of IEDs had been recovered by the force but could not ascertain the number and the number of suspects that had voluntary surrendered to the JTF. Investigation made by Daily Sun indicated that as the suspects were dislodged in Maiduguri and Biu in Borno State, because of the military might of JTF, a number of Boko Haram suspects ran to Mubi in Adamawa, a neighbouring state, to establish themselves and established relationship with the unsuspecting natives of the community and its environs.
But following the discovery of their hideouts in Mubi and retrieval of IEDs and other sophisticated weapons, a number of the suspects voluntarily submitted themselves to JTF. Reports also had it that no fewer than 11 suspected kingpins had to voluntarily surrender themselves at the military base in Mubi, as at the time of filing this report yesterday.