Repentant members of Boko Haram terrorists wishing to surrender to the Nigerian government can still do so, the Nigerian Army says.
This assurance was given on Wednesday by the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, , while speaking in Maiduguri, Borno State.
The army commander, who was at the foundation laying ceremony of the Nigerian Army Officers Wives Association (NAOWA) Nursery School and a Day Care Centre at the Maimalari Barracks, Maiduguri, said that repentant insurgents need not waste more time to laying down their weapons.
He however stressed that those who failed to surrender would pay the price for being stubborn.
“I will like to use this opportunity to encourage those of them who have made up their minds to surrender, that now is the time for them to do so, because the olive branch is being offered to them.
“But where they fail to take the olive branch, they will pay the price for stubbornness. We will ensure that they are uprooted out of the entire area in a short while,” he said.
According to Irabor, the military is determined to uproot the terrorists from the entire North East during its Operation Crackdown.
“We are pleased with the socio-economic activities that are returning in the North East, that is what had actually fired us up to ensure that we chase the criminals out of the place,” he reiterated.
