Ali Ndume, Senator
representing Borno South in the National Assembly, has rejected the newly
introduced bill aimed at creating an agency for repentant Boko Haram
insurgents.
Ndume, who is the
Chairman Senate Committee on Army, said the bill was indirectly asking more
Nigerians to team up with the terrorist group.
The lawmaker stated
that the bill will swell the ranks of Boko Haram because they are sure of
rehabilitation and reintegration into society.
Recall that the
National Agency for Education, Rehabilitation, De-radicalisation and
Integration of repentant insurgents in Nigeria was sponsored by Senator Ibrahim
Gaidam representing Yobe East Senatorial District and former governor of Yobe
State.
The bill which had
yesterday passed first reading in the Senate, is meant to create an
administrative structure that would deal with repentant Boko Haram insurgents
willing to be absorbed back in the society.
Reacting, Ndume,
while speaking with Channels Television said the bill was outrightly
unacceptable.
He said: “I
personally disagree with that. The war is not over and some criminals that have
been killing people you say that you are doing Operation Safe Corridor for
them.
“I am completely
against that idea. They know my position on that, you can’t do that.
“It is when you win
the war and some people surrender that you think about something like that,”
Ndume said.
“You are just
telling people to go and join Boko Haram and then repent and become something
(sic) that’s a totally unacceptable idea and a way of solving the problem.”
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