Borno State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo has said that only about 5,000 out of the over 100,000 repentants Boko Haram members were actual insurgents.
Gambo made this known in Maiduguri while presenting a paper titled “Borno Model” at an event to commemorate the 2023 International Day of Peace, organised by an NGO, Peace Ambassador for Humanitarian Aid and Empowerment (PACHE).
”Contrary to fears by the public that 100,000 were insurgents, only about 5,000 are actual fighters. Most of the others are farmers, women and children held hostage by the insurgents.
“Many of them are victims being held by the insurgents,” she said.
She noted that those being deradicalised and reintegrated back to their communities did not include the insurgents.
“We do not release the insurgents. We have records of the whereabouts of any person released,” Gambo said.
She said that before the release of anyone and reintegration…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
