Fighting Insurgency: Local Militia Releases 894 Children In Maiduguri - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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May 10, 2019
TheUnited Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF on Friday said that no fewer than 894children, including 106 girls, have been released from the ranks of theCivilian Joint Task Force in Maiduguri.
TheUNICEF Country Representative, Mohamed Fall, disclosed this in a statementissued in Abuja that the figure amounted to 1, 700 as the number of childrenreleased from 2017 till date.
Fall,also the Co-Chair of UN Country Task Force on Monitoring and Reporting on GraveChild Rights Violations described the efforts as part of the organisation’scommitment to end and prevent the recruitment and use of children.
Falldescribed CJTF as a local militia that helped the Nigerian security forces inthe fight against insurgency in North-Eastern, adding that it was formed in2013 with the aim of protecting communities from attack. Children in the North-Easthave borne the brunt of this conflict.
They have been used by armed groups incombatant and non-combatant roles and witnessed death, killing and violence.