No fewer than eight members of the terror group, Boko Haram, have denounced terrorism in northern part of the country.
Chairman of the youth vigilance group, Apagu Istifanus, told journalists on Friday that the ex-sect members surrendered in a town around Mussa in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State.
According to him, the eight claimed they were tired of killing innocent persons.
DAILY POST reports that members of the terrorist group have agreed to dialogue with the federal government.
Istifanus, told newsmen that the eight were arrested in Mussa and that after interrogations, they confessed their membership of the sect and stated their readiness to renounce it and rejoin their families.
He said, “We arrested eight Boko Haram members in Mussa around 4pm on Thursday and when we interrogated them, they said they were tired, they did not want to wage Jihad again and we handed them over to the military in Mubi, Adamawa State.”
He revealed that six out of the arrested members of the sect were from Gwoza town, the headquarters of Gwoza Local Government Area.
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