5000 Boko Haram members reunite with their families
The Federal Government has revealed that at least 5000 members of the Boko Haram sect have been reunited with their families.
The National Counter Terrorism Centre, Office of the National Security Advisor, disclosed this stating that the ex-combatants went through a six months deradicalisation programme.
Amb. Mairo Musa Abbas, Head of Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE), who disclosed this also stated that the deradicalization, rehabilitation and reintegration programme for ex-Boko Haram fighters, known as Operation Safe Corridor, had reintegrated over 5,000 repented Boko Haram into the society.
“Under Operation Safe Corridor programme, we have deradicalised over 5,000 ex-combatants of Boko Haram and reunited them with their families.
“They are using the skills they have acquired in the six months of deradicalisation programme in the camp, to sustain themselves within the communities.
“Our collaborators from the National Orientation Agency (NOA) are within 774 local governments in Nigeria and traditional & religious leaders within the community they have monitoring mechanism where are able to monitor this mechanism and see their progress after the reintegration within the community,” she stated.
