Seventeen persons linked to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), including suspected fighters and family members of terrorists, have surrendered to Nigerian Army troops in Borno State.

According to security analyst Zagazola Makama, the surrenders took place between September 19 and 25 in Dikwa, Bama and Ngala Local Government Areas.

The first case was recorded on September 19 when a woman identified as a terrorist family member surrendered with her two children to troops of the 24 Task Force Brigade at Check Point 1 along the Dikwa-Ajiri road.

On September 21, another woman and her child surrendered at the same checkpoint after reportedly fleeing the Yaganari terrorist enclave to Gonori village in Mafa Local Government Area.

The woman reportedly told the troops that her husband, Bakura Modu, was an ISWAP fighter.Later that day, three other terrorist family members surrendered to troops of the 151 Battalion at Bula Daloye in Bama Local Government Area.

On September 24, a suspected terrorist surrendered to troops of the 24 Task Force Brigade at the Dikwa-Ajiri checkpoint after allegedly escaping from a camp in Gargash.

Also on the same day, seven terrorist family members surrendered to troops of the 3 Battalion, Mechanised, at the Arabic Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Ngala.

The latest surrender occurred on September 25, when a woman and her son surrendered to troops in Bama.Preliminary investigations indicated that the woman had fled a terrorist camp in Bula Daloye following reported internal disagreements and hardship within the enclave.

She reportedly identified herself as a native of Bula Daloye and said she was married to a terrorist fighter identified as Ibrahim Usman.

The woman and her son remain in military custody pending further investigation.The latest series of surrenders comes amid reports of factional clashes, internal disagreements and worsening hardship within some terrorist enclaves in Borno State.