Somalia: Al-Shabaab militants make a surprise move surrendering in Lower Juba
Two Al-Shabaab militants surrendered on Saturday to the Somali regional state forces in the country’s southern region of Lower Juba, officials said, Garowe Online reports.
Jubaland security officials say they received in Afmadow town the fighters indentified as Geedi Mohamed Ali and Abdulaziz Mohamed after ditching their life in the group and turned themselves in.
Parading the defectors to the local media in the city center, the regional officials said they will welcome anyone in Al-Shabaab who decides to defect and accept amnesty offered by the Somali government.
The local authorities announced that the extremists surrendered to Jubaland army and regretted being brainwashed by the Al-Qaeda-linked group as they wanted to live in peace with the rest of the society.