Boko Haram fighters surrender, Nigeria army
Abuja, 27 Sep - (ANA) - Some 200 members of the Boko Haram Islamist militant group have given themselves up, in the biggest such surrender, Nigeria's army says. The fighters are said to have handed themselves over in the town of Banki on the border with Cameroon. The military earlier said the town had been recaptured from Boko Haram but there is no independent confirmation. Some 17,000 people are said to have been killed in the six-year insurgency, mainly in northern Nigeria. This year the security forces have reclaimed most of the territory previously captured by Boko Haram. The army has also freed a number of people kidnapped by the militant group and this week announced that 241 women and children had been rescued near the border with Cameroon. Attacks by the Islamist group have intensified since Muhammadu Buhari became president in May, after winning elections. (ANA)

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