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The Nigerian Army has on Thursday disclosed that 68 Boko Haram fighters surrendered their weapons in Borno State. 

This announcement was made by Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Deputy Director Public Relations, Theatre Command, Operation Lafiya Dole on behalf of the Nigerian Army.

In his statement, Col. Nwachukwu said "Air and artillery bombardments were backed by long range patrols and ambushes targeted at preventing fleeing Boko Haram insurgents from escaping and also denying them access to logistics supply," he said.

Nwachukwu said that the sustained operations had brought the insurgents to the brink of defeat thereby forcing many of them to surrender.

"In their testimonies, the insurgents revealed that most of their enclaves are untenable which made life unbearable for them.

"The relentless offensive forced many of them to surrender to the troops.

"Those who surrendered are currently undergoing rehabilitation and deradicalisation process under the Federal Government's Safe Corridor operation.

"Undoubtedly, the ongoing operations by troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE are yielding results by putting enormous pressure on the insurgents.

"Evidently, this led to the recent plea by one of the factional group leaders calling for international support".

The Army also used this opportunity to call on other fighters to follow the example of the 68 who surrendered.