120,000 Boko Haram members surrendered, says Chief of Defence Staff
Boko Haram impregnate girls 4 months after delivery to raise fighters
By Omolade Adegbuyi and Samuel Ogunsona
Some 120,000 members of Terrorist group, Boko Haram have surrendered, the Chief of Defense Staff, Lt General Christopher Musa has said meaning that the number of Boko Haram members is more than half of the Nigeria Army.
He said out of the 120,000, half of them were children.
The terrorist group operates in North East and has been responsible for thousands of deaths spanning more than one decade.
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa has said that over 60,000 children are among over 120,000 Boko Haram members.
This speaks to the possibility of Boko Haram having some of the largest terrorist network in the world.
He spoke in an interview with Arise News this week monitored by Irohinoodua.
CDS said many members of Boko Haram are unwilling fighters having been conscripted or enslaved.
He said those found guilty among the terrorists would be prosecuted while the children would be rehabilitated.
Boko Haram is believed to be one of the most deadly terrorist groups in West Africa and is said to be affiliated with ISIS. The group has recently split into two or more.
General Musa said “What we realised is that not everyone that is part of it is a terrorist. Some of them were conscripted, some of them were forced, some were enslaved.
According to him over 120,000 surrendered.
He said out of this number, over 60,000 were children”l.
Musa said due to the onslaught on Boko Haram, the grouo adopted a dirty tactics to recruit new members.
The defence chief said: “In the past, they would capture communities and force men especially adults to join them. They would be beheaded if they refused. So they had no choice.
He said now that they no longer have a territory, they decided to start impregnating the women.
He said what they do is that if a woman gives birth, four months after giving birth, they impregnate her again.
He said Boko Haram try to produce a new set of terrorists that would have been most dangerous.
“Children born into a system where violence, killing, and inhumane acts were normalised would not have empathy. That’s why we are happy that over 60,000 surrendered,”he said
He said Nigeria is safe and will continue to be safe.
