The Defence Headquarters, Abuja, has said that 603 former Boko Haram fighters will be reintegrated to their communities by June 2020, after undergoing Operation Safe Corridor’s de-radicalisation, reha
bilitation and reintegration.It noted that through the same Safe Corridor, “280 clients have successfully undergone the programme and reintegrated into the society, while 25 of this number were repatriated to Niger Republic.”
Enenche called on other terrorist fighters to surrender to the armed forces or be destroyed in the ongoing artillery and air bombardments of the Lake Chad islands. “The military High Command is using this medium to request parents, traditional rulers, community, opinion and religious leaders to urge their wards and children not to succumb to inducement by terrorists for recruitment because the terrorists are now in dire need of fighters.
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