About 390 former Boko Haram members have completed the
federal government’s de-radicalisation, rehabilitation, and reintegration (DRR)
programme in Gombe state.
Christopher Musa, the chief of defence staff (CDS), who
spoke at the graduation ceremony on Thursday, said the ex-insurgents have
undergone various rebuilding activities of the programme since their arrival at
the camp in July 2024.
The CDS, represented by Sunday Makollo, an army colonel,
said the federal government’s non-kinetic approach towards insurgency is having
a positive effect on military operations in the north-east.
He reaffirmed the army’s commitment toward tackling
insecurity in the country while urging the ex-insurgents to be agents of peace
in their respective communities.
He also cautioned them against violating the oath they took
and their allegiance to the country.
Abiodun Johnson, the commandant of the DRR camp, said the
graduating ex-insurgents included six foreign nationals and 384 Nigerians.
Johnson said two of the foreigners are from Cameroon and
Chad, respectively, while the other four hail from the Niger Republic.
He added that six of them are Christians and 384 are
Muslims, noting that the ex-insurgents have been trained in various skills of
their choice.
“A further breakdown of the 390 clients shows 13 clients hailed
from Adamawa, one from Akwa-Ibom, 19 from Bauchi state, 218 from Borno, one
from Cross River, one from Edo, five from Gombe, and five from Jigawa,” Johnson
said.
“Others are 15 from Kaduna state, 14 from Kano state, seven
from Katsina state, three from Kebbi, five from Kogi, two from Nasarawa, five
from Niger, one from Osun, and two from Oyo.
“Four from Plateau, five from Sokoto state, three from
Taraba, 47 from Yobe, and eight from Zamfara.”
The ex-insurgents received food and non-food items,
including 400 bags of rice (25kg), 400 bags of maize (25kg), 400 bottles of
vegetable oil, 40 cartons of seasoning, and 40 cartons of tomato paste, from
the National Orientation Agency (NOA).
Other items donated are 20 bags of iodised salt, 400 pieces
of bath towels, 800 pieces of plastic plates, and 800 pieces of plastic spoons.
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