1400 REPENTANT BOKO HARAM SUSPECTS RELEASED IN BORNO

Released Persons Mostly Cleared Suspects And Relatives of Terrorists

About 1,400 repentant Boko Haram suspects have been released by the military and rehabilitated into society in Borno State. According to the Borno State Commissioner for Information, Babakura Jato, about 1,400 have been released in three tranches in the ‘Operation Safe Corridor’ programme.

Jato stated that most of the persons released were not actual members of the Boko Haram terrorist group but were relatives of terrorists or persons found in the wrong place at the wrong time. He said, “There have been a series of releases. They were released in three tranches. The first set was released during Governor Shettima’s time while two sets have been released under Prof. Zulum.

“Of the 1400, the majority of them are cleared suspects. These were people who were suspected of being members of Boko Haram and it was discovered that they were not. The rest are children of Boko Haram or actual Boko Haram members. I cannot give you a breakdown of the figure now for security reasons.”

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The government’s spokesman said he was aware of allegations that some of those released had gone back to terrorism but argued that most of these allegations were mere speculations. Jato said after the training, they were handed over to the Borno State Government for proper integration into their communities.

He stated that if any person was rejected by his community for being a former Boko Haram member, such a person would be resettled by the government.