The Nigerian Army had on Monday handed over 151 repentant Boko Haram insurgents to Borno State Government to join the society after rehabilitation and reintegration into the society.
REPENTANT: Major General Bamidele Shafa, the Coordinator, Operation Safe Corridor, made the disclosure during the handing over of the repentant insurgents at the Bulunkutu Rehabilitation Center, Maiduguri.
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Shafa disclosed that the 151 male repentant insurgents comprised of 132 adult and 19 minors, who completed 52 weeks of deradicalisation process at its centre in Gombe State.
He said that the clients were exposed to formal literacy classes, skills acquisition and Islamic Religious Knowledge as well as drug and psycho-therapists during their training.
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Shafa explained that the Operation Safe Corridor was designed to encourage Boko Haram insurgents to surrender, provide deradicalisation and rehabilitation programme, to enable them to rejoin the society.
“The clients confessed their past misdeeds; denounced membership of Boko Haram group, asked for forgiveness and took an oath of allegiance to Nigeria. I believe they are now good citizens,” he said.
Shafa lauded the state government over its support and efforts to assist the repentant insurgents to reintegrate into the society.
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Also, Alhaji Umar Kadafur, the state Deputy Governor, commended the Federal Government over the implementation of Operation Safe Corridor to rehabilitate and reintegrate repentant insurgents into the society.
Kadafur said that the state government had adopted effective measures to accept the insurgents willing to voluntarily surrender and to create an enabling environment for them to rejoin the society.
He said that the state government had also directed community leaders to sensitize their people on the need to accept the rehabilitated insurgents, and warned against infringement on their rights.
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(NAN)
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