The official said the terrorists surrendered from their enclaves in Sambisa Forest, as well as other hideouts. The Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Abdulwahab Eyitayo, says more than 8,000 Boko Haram terrorists have so far surrendered to troops.

Do Boko Haram still exist?

Almost 6,000 Boko Haram fighters have surrendered, Nigerian army says. ... Boko Haram, which acquired global notoriety with the mass kidnapping of schoolgirls from the town of Chibok in 2014, has been in a state of flux due to a conflict with a splinter group-turned-rival, the Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP).

What happened with Boko Haram?

Since its creation in 2009, Boko Haram has waged an insurgency in north-eastern Nigeria, and carried out attacks in neighbouring Chad, Niger and Cameroon. In Nigeria, the violence has displaced over two million people and caused at least 30,000 deaths.