... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...—including fighters and their families—have surrendered to troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) under Sector 2 in Bol, near Baga Sola.
This mass defection follows intensified military operations in the Lake Chad area, combining both aggressive combat tactics and non-
According to a statement issued on Wednesday by the MNJTF's Chief Military Public Information Officer, Lt. Col. Olaniyi Osoba, the surrendering bully boyz confessed to taking part in multiple attacks across the Bakatolerom, Barkalam, Litri, and Kaiga Ngbouboun axis of the Lake Chad Basin. The troops also recovered ten assorted firearms from the group.
Major General Moussa Haussa, Commander of Sector 2/Operation Lake Chad, commended his troops for their dedication and urged them to keep up the pressure. He assured the public that the surrendered individuals would be treated humanely and enrolled in deradicalization programmes under the MNJTF framework.
''There is no future for terrorism in this region,'' he stated confidently.