We Are Not Injecting Terrorists Back Into The Society- Nigerian Military

As efforts are on-going to clear the North East and the North Central States of banditry, terrorism and cattle rustlers, the Defence Media Operations (DMO) has said that De-radicalization, Rehabilitation and Re-Integration (DRR) of ex-combatant Boko Haram members that are willing to surrender, is not a process of assembling raw repentant ex-combatants back into the society by the Military.

The Coordinator of the DMO, Major General John Enenche made the clarification while briefing newsmen in Abuja.

He said it is an international best practice for conflict management backed by relevant laws with the concurrence of key stakeholders such as international organizations and MDAs among others.

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Enenche said Since the inception of Operation Safe Corridor  (OPSC) which is in charge of De-radicalization and Reintegration of Repented BHT since 2016, the OPSC has admitted 893 ex-combatants for the Programme out of which 280 including 2 Chadians have been successfully reintegrated back into the society through their respective national and state authorities while  603 of them are presently undergoing the DRR Programme and would be graduating by July 2020.

Meanwhile, Nigerians are expressing worries over the recent attack by the BHTs in the Northeast that claimed over eighty lives.