The Borno State Authorities has revealed that greater than 95 per cent of individuals with Boko Haram ideology, particularly the founding members, are both useless or have surrendered.
Each day Belief experiences that the Particular Adviser to the Borno State Authorities on Safety Affairs, Brig. Gen. Ishaq Abdullahi (Rtd) made this identified in an interview in Maiduguri on Sunday.
Abdullahi said that the management of the lethal group was in disarray as solely about 10 of the founding members may nonetheless be alive.
He stated lots of the prime commanders died on account of management tussles between the Islamic State’s West Africa Province, ISWAP, fighters and Boko Haram insurgents loyal to the late Abubakar Shekau after he died in 2021.
“One in every of their leaders stated out of 300 of them that began the Boko Haram sect in pre-2009, lower than 10 folks may very well be alive now. Even the remaining 10 leaders have scattered because of the sport of powers.
“Some are useless because of snake bites within the bush, some died because of army actions, some drowned throughout wet seasons, some died on account of gunshot wounds, some because of huge surrendering we now have witnessed within the final two years.
“Some because of in-fighting amongst them due to the management positions, particularly after the dying of Shekau and that has led to the dying of greater than 90 per cent of the die-hards with Boko Haram ideology.
“Alternatively, many prime commanders of ISWAP have misplaced their lives to a number of crises amongst them,” he stated.
