PHOTOS: Boko Haram Insurgents Distribute Ramadan Packages, Cash To Residents

• Boko Haram insurgents have reportedly distributed Ramadan welfare packages to some residents of Borno and Yobe states.
• A security source disclosed that the gesture was to induce the residents to join the group’s ranks as militants.

Boko Haram terrorists have reportedly distributed Ramadan welfare packages to some residents of Borno and Yobe states, EKO HOT BLOG has gathered.

It was gathered that the package distributed by the insurgents included rice, beans, millet, maize, sugar, spaghetti, and cash gifts.

According to SaharaReporters, a security source disclosed that the gesture was to induce the villagers to join the group’s ranks as militants.

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The source said, “Imagine, they (insurgents) claimed that the gesture was aimed at assisting villagers to perform Ramadan fast and Sallah with ease and happiness, the same villagers they killed their friends and family members.”

A 2019 report by the International Crisis Group, a non-profit think tank, observed that ISWAP’s approach to recruiting new fighters proved effective.

Despite breaking away from the Abubakar Shekau-led Boko Haram faction in 2016, the population of its fighters had roughly doubled those of the latter according to estimates.

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