 Still, in Borno state, the government has expressed satisfaction with the growing number of insurgents surrendering to the military in the state. Al-Haji Bubakura Abba Jattu, the state commissioner for information, disclosed this at the end of an expanded security meeting held on Saturday in Meduguri. The Nigerian army had announced that over 100 insurgents surrendered with their families and weapons within the past two weeks in Borno. The government promised to sustain military onslaught at the shores of Lake Chad and Zambeza Forest.