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Top Boko Haram Commander, Amir Bukkwaram, Others Surrender To Nigerian Military
EKO HOT BLOG reports that a top and notorious Boko Haram Commander in the Lake Chad region, Amir Bukkwaram, has surrendered to the Nigerian military.
This online media platform gathered that the terrorist commander alongside his family and fighters surrendered his herds of sheep and weapons to the military.
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According to Daily Trust, Bukkwaram was responsible for an ethnic clash between insurgents in the Lake Chad region which led to the killing of 82 Boko Haram fighters.
A security source told the news platform that the terrorist leader surrendered weapons which included three AK47 rifles and seven magazines.
According to the source, Bukkwaram was one of the top intelligent fighters that understood the width and breadth of the Lake Chad region.
He added that the Boko Haram commander and his people were taken to Sector 3 of Operation Hadin kai) MNJTF in Monguno, Borno State.
The source said: “The surrender of Amir (commander) of Bukkwaram is a big success for us because he’s one of the top Boko Haram intelligent fighters, he’s the one profiling people living around the Lake Chad area.
“Based on our investigation, he hails from a village called Shuwaram in Kukawa Local Government Area. He surrendered voluntarily alongside his family, fighters, arms and ammunition and herds of sheep.”
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It was learned that the Boko Haram commander executed seven of his fighters belonging to the Buduma tribe after their failed attempt to surrender to the military.
An action that led to inter-ethnic clash between Kanuri, Hausa Buduma and Fulani fighters in Bukkwaram Island, which left at least 82 insurgents dead.
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