Not more than 20 members
of the deadly terrorist, Boko haram have surrendered in Niger, the government
said.
No fewer than 50 Boko
Haram fighters have surrendered arms since December 27 in Niger.
The country’s interior
minister, Bazoum Mohamed said this in an interview broadcast late Wednesday on
the state TV channel Tele Sahel.
He said “in some
sectors, the war (against Boko Haram) is already over.”
But he warned that
“organised Boko Haram elements are training” in the marshes of Lake Chad, a
zone that straddles the three countries.
Three Niger soldiers
were killed and seven wounded on the night of New Year’s Eve when Boko Haram
fighters attacked their position at Baroua, in the Diffa region, the military
say.
Fifteen assailants were
killed and another one was captured.
Boko Haram is waging a
seven-year-old uprising against the Nigerian state that has claimed more than
20,000 lives, with the insurgency spilling over the West African nation’s
borders into neighbouring states.
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