The Nigerian Army on Monday handed over 151 repentant Boko Haram insurgents to Borno Government for rehabilitation and re-integration into the society.
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Bamidele Shafa, the Coordinator, Operation Safe Corridor, Major-General made the disclosure during the handing over of the repentant insurgents at the Bulunkutu Rehabilitation Center, Maiduguri.
Shafa disclosed that the 151 male repentant insurgents comprised 132 adult and 19 minors, who completed 52 weeks of de-radicalization process at its center in Gombe.
He said that the clients were exposed to formal literacy classes, skills acquisition and Islamic Religious Knowledge as well as drug and psycho-therapists during their training.
Shafa
explained that the Operation Safe Corridor was designed to encourage Boko Haram
insurgents to surrender, provide de-radicalization and rehabilitation programme,
to enable them rejoin the society.
