Wednesday, July 29, 2026 -Three suspected Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters have surrendered to troops of the Nigerian military in Damasak, Borno State, citing exhaustion and sustained military bombardment of their camps.
The suspects surrendered at about 4:50 p.m. on July 28 to
troops of Headquarters 5 Brigade in Damasak during ongoing counter-insurgency
operations under Operation Hadin Kai.
The surrendered suspects were identified as Abba Musa Dogo,
24; Abubakar Bargaji, 28; and Ibrahim Abubakar, 16.
Preliminary interrogation revealed that they escaped from
terrorist camps at Sabon Gari and Tunbun Mota, reportedly controlled by ISWAP
commanders Abu Fatima and Abu Ayuba.
According to security analyst Zagazola Makana, the suspects
attributed their decision to surrender to fatigue and the sustained aerial and
ground bombardment of their enclaves by Nigerian troops, which they said had
made survival increasingly difficult.
The suspects also disclosed that they had been trained as
gunboat operators and anti-aircraft gunners for operations in the Lake Chad
region.
They further confessed that weapons were only issued to them
before specific operations and were retrieved by their commanders immediately
after the missions, suggesting a tightly controlled weapons management system
within the terrorist group.
The three suspects expressed their readiness to renounce
insurgency and embrace peace.
They are currently in military custody and are undergoing
further profiling and investigation in line with established procedures.
The latest surrender adds to the growing number of
terrorists abandoning the insurgency amid sustained military offensives
targeting terrorist enclaves across the Lake Chad region under Operation Hadin
Kai
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