FG reintegrate 700 repentant Boko Haram members into society

The Nigerian military has dismissed recent claims suggesting that participants in Operation Safe Corridor are being enlisted into military institutions.

During a media tour of the Deradicalisation, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration Centre in Gombe, North-East Nigeria, Yusuf Ali, Coordinator of the program, emphasized that the initiative focuses solely on rehabilitating and reintegrating former militants back into society.

Ali explained that many Nigerians do not fully understand the Federal Government’s structured counter-terrorism initiative under Operation Safe Corridor, stressing that the programme is designed to deradicalise, rehabilitate, and reintegrate former insurgents, not enlist them into the armed forces.

According to him, the initiative remains focused on rebuilding peace in communities affected by terrorism across the country.

Some of the clients at the camp explained their involvement in the offences that led to their admission into Operation Safe Corridor.

The media tour of the facility is in preparation for the graduation ceremony of over 700 clients who have been deradicalised, rehabilitated, and are ready to be reintegrated into their communities.