Two teenage Boko Haram terrorists have surrendered to the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in Borno State.

According to an X post by Zagazola Makama, a security expert in the Lake Chad region, the ex-terrorists, who had been ordered to plant IEDs along roads in the Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno, surrendered on Sunday.

The MNJTF carries out civil military activities targeted at making terrorists surrender and lay down their arms in Nigeria and other neighbouring countries.

The duo, 19-year-old Abubakar Mohammed and 13-year-old Bana Modu, were Boko Haram improvised explosive device (IED) experts.

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“Instead of carrying out their mission, they decided to abandon their task, escape with the IEDs and surrender to the MNJTF,” Makama wrote on X.

“Their decision was influenced by the MNJTF recently concluded Operation NASHRUL SALAM, a non-kinetic operation and sector’s personal engagement strategy with relevant sources, showcasing the effectiveness of psychological operations in the fight against terrorism.

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“Items recovered from them include two IEDs, two mobile phones, and a sum of fifty-three thousand Naira (N53,000.00) only from Mohammed and Modu.”