The former official explained why Boko Haram insurgency thrives in Nigeria’s North-east.
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“The first batch of repented Boko Haram fighters – 95 of them – was brought to my office while I was still the director in NDE. “Before we were allowed to talk to them, we had to take an oath that when you finished with them, you don’t have to say, ‘I saw this person. He’s one of the repented Boko Haram fighters,’” Mr Katiya said.The former director now coordinates the Gwoza Resettlement Initiative, a private organisation dedicated to resettling refugees displaced by terrorist attacks in Gwoza.
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