602 Boko Haram denounce membership of group
The former insurgents, who have completed a
de-radicalization, rehabilitation and reintegration program organized by
Operation Safe Corridor, denounced their membership of the insurgent group at
the Malam Sidi Camp in Kwami Local Government Area of Gombe State. They
denounced their membership of the terrorist group before an 11-man
Quasi-Judicial Panel headed by Justice Nehizena Afolabi, of the Federal High
Court, Gombe.
The Coordinator of Operation Safe Corridor, Maj. Gen.
Bamidele Shafa, said the appearance of the repentant insurgents before the
judicial panel was a major requirement before their reintegration into the
society.
“The panel is for the clients to appear before it to confess
their pasts and denounce their membership of Boko Haram, Islamic State’s West
Africa Province (ISWAP) as the case maybe and swear Oath of Allegiance to be
loyal, discipline and obedient citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and
then make commitment.
The commitment is that at the end of the programme, where
they commit any offence, they stand to forfeit all privileges that they have
acquired today and will be liable of offence against the State.” Shafa said
The Borno State Commissioner of Women Affairs and Social
Development, Zuwaira Gambo, said the state government already has a structure
on ground that continues the process of reintegration for the repentant sect
members.
“We will provide them with psycho-social supports; continue
with religious admonition in order to make them good citizens of the country.
We will also give them starter packs to help them practice the skills that had
been acquired in the camp here,” Gambo said
According to her, all the reintegrated members of the sect are doing well. She disclosed that one of them makes N250, 000 from barbing on a monthly basis and has employed several youths into his barbing salon.
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