ISWAP Leaders and 76 Soldiers Surrender in Nigeria

In a significant development in North East Nigeria, top leaders of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and 76 of their foot soldiers, along with their families, surrendered to troops as a result of relentless military pressure. Captain Muhammad Goni, representing the Joint Task Force North East, disclosed this information in a statement released on Sunday night.

The surrender is attributed to the ongoing counter-terrorism campaign against Boko Haram and ISWAP, which has seen the military achieve considerable operational success. The statement emphasized that the insurgents dropped their arms and abandoned their enclaves due to the sustained military offensives.

Within the last week alone, a total of 76 terrorist foot soldiers and their families surrendered. The military operations have been effective in dismantling terrorist strongholds and disrupting their command and logistics structures, thereby eroding the confidence of the insurgents within their ranks.

The Joint Task Force remains committed to completely neutralizing terrorist elements in the region.