No fewer than 254 surrendered and repented Boko Haram sect members were reintegrated by the Federal Government.
Maj.-Gen. Bamidele Shafa, Coordinator, Operation Safe Corridor, announced the development during a town hall meeting and dialogue with Boko Haram affected communities on Saturday in Yola.
The meeting was organised by the Presidential Committee on the North East Initiative in collaboration with the Centre for Democracy and Development.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was designed for the reconciliation and reintegration of repented Boko Haram members from most affected three states, Adamawa, Borno and Yobe.
Shafa recalled that majority of the repented youths of Boko Haram were victims of circumstances.
“So far, the Operation Safe Corridor had treated no fewer than 254 repented Boko Haram members.
“Out of this number, 95 were already handed over to their respective states,” Shafa said.
He explained that the remaining 157 reintegrated members would…
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