The Borno State Government has said about 1,400 repentant Boko Haram suspects have been released by the military and rehabilitated into society.
during an interview on Monday that 1, 400 had been released in three tranches since thereports that although the programme began in 2016, it wasn’t until 2018 that the release of the suspects began.
“The total number of persons released is 1,400. Out of the 1,400, the majority of them are cleared suspects. These were people who were suspected of being members of Boko Haram and it was discovered that they were not. Jato said after the training, they were handed over to the Borno State Government for proper integration into their communities.
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