In the northeast of Nigeria, 2 ringleaders of the terrorist organization Boko Haram surrendered to the army.
Abubakar Abdullahi, one of the army commanders, stated in a statement that the army continued its operations against the terrorist organization Boko Haram in Borno state.
Abdullahi noted that 2 ringleaders of the organization surrendered during the operations.
Boko Haram, which has been present in Nigeria since the early 2000s, has killed more than 20 thousand people in mass violence organized by the organization since 2009.
Since 2015, the organization has also carried out attacks in Cameroon, Chad and Niger, the country’s border neighbors.
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