JUST IN: 90 percent of died-hard Boko Haram fighters dead- Govt declares

• Borno govt declared that 90 percent of died-hard Boko Haram fighters dead
• The govt they are not aware of the female terror suspects who were impregnated by insurgents

The Borno State Government said Wednesday that 90 percent of died-hard Boko Haram rebels were dead. It also maintained that the military operations and the death of the sect’s head, Ibrahim Shakau, were to blame for the sect’s wholesale surrender.

In addition, the military authorities yesterday stated that 900 defendants were scheduled to stand trial in January while 1,952 terror suspects were being investigated in the northeast.

It further clarified that, in contrast to claims that pregnancies of female terror suspects who were impregnated by insurgents were aborted, the military was not aware of such a development. The military had instead taken in fugitive female suspects, put them through screening and medical care, and helped deliver babies who were alive and healthy and under their care.

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However, while showing journalists around the Hajj Camp in Maiduguri, which was home to 14,804 repentant insurgents and their families, Brig. Gen. Abdulrasaq Ishaq (rtd), Special Adviser on Security to the Borno State government, claimed that about 90% of ardent Boko Haram militants had perished.

He also said that among the people residing in the three camps, there were 5000 combatants and their families, and of those, 3,472 married men, 1,773 single men, 4,438 spouses, 2,691 male children, and 2,497 female children.

Maj Gen Christopher Musa, the Theatre Commander for Operation Hadin Kai, stated that 82,237 insurgents and their families had so far turned themselves in, out of which 16,577 were active male fighters, 52,44 men, women, and 96 children.

“Most suspects are awaiting prosecution. The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), has assured that by January, more than 900 of them will  be moved to Niger State for prosecution. Some lawyers refused to come to Maiduguri for trial hence it can’t be held in Maiduguri,” he said.