The Presidency has debunked reports former Boko Haram terrorists are being converted into the Armed Forces, describing the report as fake news.
There has been a flurry of reports claiming former Boko Haram terrorists, who had been put through the deradicalisation and reintegration programme of the Federal Government, are being absorbed into the Armed Forces, raising lots of anger and public agitation in recent times.
“None of the 601 former Boko Haram members who voluntarily laid down their arms, and have recently graduated from the Federal Government’s de-radicalisation and rehabilitation programme, is going into the military. “The public needs to be reassured the de-radicalisation, rehabilitation and reintegration of violent extremists of the Buhari administration code named “Operation Safe Corridor,” follows an established example from countries with similar experiences, and is supported academically and materially by the European Union and the United Nations.
“It is also important to note that this programme does not have a place for hard boiled, ideologically hardened terrorists.
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