Repentant Boko Haram members arrived Maiduguri from Niger Republic, with wives

Some group of repentant Boko Haram members and their wives who surrendered recently to Niger Republic army arrived Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.

The repentant Terrorists arrived Maiduguri airport in a military aircraft companied by soldiers led by Bamidele Shafa, a major general who is the coordinator of the Federal Government Safe Corridor programme.

Mr Shafa said, “We have just delivered 25 persons, comprising men, women, and children,”

“So we have brought them home safely and handed them to the Borno State government for onward rehabilitation as part of the Operation Safe Corridor de-radicalization programme,”.

“We are using this opportunity to encourage those that are still in the bush come out because the president of the Federal Republic has given them an open arm to drop their weapons and embrace peace.”


On the part of Borno State Government, Commissioner of Women Affairs received the returnees the airport.

She the state government “will provide them with psychosocial support, feed them, clothe them, and give some form of education and skills acquisition.”

She further disclosed that a centre had been equipped by the Borno governor, Babagana Zulum, with skills acquisition tools that will enable the repentant terrorist gain skills “before they are reunited with their families.”

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