TROOPS of 73 and 202 Battalions of the Nigerian Army have arrested 20 Boko Haram terrorists in the Bama Local Council of Borno State.
They also took custody of eight suspected insurgents along with their family members comprising 10 women and 22 children at Ruwaza village of the council.
In a statement, yesterday, the Director of Army Public Relations, Brig-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu disclosed that the suspects and their family members surrendered to the army during military operations in Bama/Damboa axis.
He said the surrendering insurgents’ families were 15 women and 26 children, disclosing that the children were given polio vaccines, while the women were screened for preliminary investigations before handing them to the state government.
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