INSURGENCY: BH/ISWAP CHILD SOLDIERS SURRENDER TO TROOPS,CACHE OF ARMS RECOVERED
As the war against insurgency persists, several child soldiers of ages from 13 to 22 surrender to troops.
The BH/ISWAP members who claimed to have escaped from Jaje in Sambisa general area surrendered to troops of 192 Battalion deployed along Gwoza-Limankara road.
The surrendered members are Umoru Gadagada (13); Bello Hassan (18), Abdullahi Idrisa (12); Sa'adubSaleh (15); Shuaibu Ahmodu (22).
The surrendered children were led by Mr Salihu Abubakar (42) who claimed to be their leader in the area.
Items recovered include several arms and ammunition.
With several schools in the North shut down, some of the children may have ostensibly be lured into insurgency through juicy offers and other religious indoctrination. Many others may also have been kidnapped and forcefully recruited.
Hence, there is urgent need for Military Intelligence to be deployed, locate and destroy the camp(s) where these child soldiers are being harboured and trained as a way to break the cycle of insurgency.
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