Senate Introduces Bill Seeking Agency For Repentant Boko Haram Members
A bill seeking the establishment of an agency for repentant members of the Boko Haram terrorist group has been introduced in the Senate.
The bill was sponsored by Senator Ibrahim Gaidam during plenary on Thursday at the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja.‘National Agency for the Education, Rehabilitation, De-radicalisation and Integration of repentant insurgents in Nigeria Bill, 2020 The bill was read for the first time in the red chamber, along with others sponsored by some senators in the chamber.
He is also the immediate past governor of Yobe, one of the worst-hit states by insurgents in the north-eastern part of the country. One of the worst attacks by the insurgents in Yobe, although by a factional Boko Haram group – Islamic State West Africa Province , was the incident in Dapchi.
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