Again, Army commander tells Boko Haram insurgents to surrender

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Maj.-Gen. Bulama Biu, the General Officer Commanding 7 Div, Nigerian Army, has renewed call to Boko Haram insurgents to surrender their arms.

Biu made the call at a feast organised in his honour on Saturday at the Command Guest House, Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri.President Muhammad Buhari had, last week, approved accelerated promotion of Biu and other officers in view of their contributions in the counter-insurgency campaign.News Agency of Nigeria reports that about two million people had been displaced and several thousands killed since the beginning of insurgency in 2009.

 

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