About 51 Boko Haram terrorists surrendered to troops of Operation Hadin Kai Thearter Command, in Damboa, 85 kilometres south of Maiduguri, on Sunday, November 20.
They comprised of two of their commanders, Ba’a Usman (Munzir) and Alhaji Ari (Nakib), and 49 fighters.
Punch reported that military source, Zagazola Makama said an investigation revealed that the insurgents sneaked out of the surrounding Sambisa forest, where they had been hiding and waging a campaign of terror.