Eight Boko Haram Members Renounce Membership

Eight members of the terror group, Boko Haram, have denounced their membership of the sect, in a town around Mussa in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State,  the Chairman of the youth vigilance group in the town, Apagu Istifanus, told journalists today August 7, 2015. According to him, the eight claimed they are tired of killing innocent persons. Istifanus, who spoke with journalists on the telephone, said the eight were arrested in Mussa and after interrogations, they
confessed their membership of the sect and stated their readiness to renounce their membership 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. Another member of the youth vigilance group from the area, who spoke on condition of anonymity to journalists, said the eight were nabbed at a remote village of Mussa in Askira-Uba LGA in the southern part of Borno State.
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