Army hands over 151 repentant insurgents to Borno govt

The Nigerian Army Monday handed over 151 repentant Boko Haram insurgents to Borno government for rehabilitation and reintegration into the society.

Coordinator, Operation Safe Corridor, Bamidele Shafa made the disclosure during the handing over of the repentant insurgents at the Bulunkutu Rehabilitation Centre, Maiduguri.

Shafa disclosed that the 151 male repentant insurgents comprised 132 adults and 19 minors, who completed 52 weeks of de-radicalisation process at its centre in Gombe.

He said the clients were exposed to formal literacy classes, skills acquisition and Islamic Religious Knowledge as well as drug and psycho-therapy during their training.

Shafa explained that the Operation Safe Corridor was designed to encourage Boko Haram insurgents to surrender, provide de-radicalisation 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 to rejoin the society,” he said.

Mr Shafa lauded the state government for its support and efforts to assist the repentant insurgents to reintegrate into the society.

Also, the state deputy governor, Umar Kadafur, commended the federal government over implementation of Operation Safe Corridor to rehabilitate and reintegrate repentant insurgents into the society.

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