The Multi-National Joint Task Force – the regional military arm of Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon fighting the Boko Haram insurgents – has said more repentant terrorists are expected to “surrender
in the coming weeks.”
Our correspondent gathered from military records that no fewer than 931 former Boko Haram fighters had been pardoned and taken through the Nigerian military’sAntigha noted that in the latest release recorded by the MNJTF in Mora, Cameroon, which was 47 repentant terrorists, those members who are Nigerians would be sent toThe MNJTF spokesman said, “Forty-seven successfully evaded obstacles and escaped from their camps to surrender.
“Surrendered terrorists are usually interviewed to get a grip on their level of investment and thereafter profiling. On completion of these processes they have been released to the relevant authorities for further action. Only Nigerians will be sent toFrom military records, on October 10, 2019, the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, confirmed 281 former Boko Haram fighters in Gombe State undergoing the “structured deradicalisation process.
On May 15, 2020, the DHQ confirmed that 603 former Boko Haram fighters would be released by June after undergoing the programme.The total number of the surrendered insurgents between October 2019 and July 2020 gives 931 repentant fighters.
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