Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south, has kicked
against the re-integration of former Boko Haram insurgents into the society.
The senator said granting amnesty to the former insurgents
would not bring the “required peace” in the north-east.
This is not the first time Ndume would protest against
amnesty for former insurgents.
In July, the senator said the federal government should stop rehabilitating the ex-insurgents because they “would never repent”.
In 2016, the military launched Operation Safe Corridor, an
initiative for the deradicalisation and rehabilitation of former Boko Haram
fighters.
In July, 602 ex-Boko Haram members have completed the
de-radicalisation, rehabilitation and reintegration (DRR) programme.
The programme has elicited various reactions including
soldiers at the war front expressed disappointment.
Speaking with journalists at the weekend in Abuja, Ndume
said the military ought to keep these former insurgents as “prisoners of war.”
“The war must be over before we start doing that. The
military could open up the corridor, allow everybody to enter and start
profiling them and keep them somewhere as prisoners of war and train them,” he
said.
“The current arrangement where the repentant insurgents are
granted amnesty without apologizing to the victims and the state cannot bring
about the required peace.”
The legislator said despite the challenges confronting the
military, the soldiers deployed in the north-east have been wonderful.
Using Ngoshe as an example, Ndume said the soldiers have
begun helping the locals rebuild their community that was destroyed by the
insurgents.
“At Ngoshe for instance, the military personnel there, apart
from repelling the attacks from the insurgents, have mobilized resources to
start rebuilding, through direct labour, houses that were destroyed by the Boko
Haram fighters,” the lawmaker said.
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