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fewer than 154 ex-Boko Haram fighters that have been rehabilitated under the
De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme are now set
to be reintegrated into the society.
Bamidele Shafa, major general and coordinator
of Operations Safe Corridor, disclosed this at the end of a rehabilitation
programme for the repentant boko haram members in Gombe on Saturday.
He said this was the second batch of the
programme.
“The first batch of 95 clients who were
discharged in February have been successfully reintegrated,” he said.
“By the grace of God, a total of 155 clients
will also be discharged and handed over to their state authorities for
reintegration and resettlement,” he said.
He said, prior to the event, a stakeholders’
meeting was held on October 4, at the instance of the Chief of Defence Staff to
work out modalities for the reintegration.
“As part of the decisions reached at the
meeting, visits were conducted in Partnership with the Presidential Committee
on North East Initiative and the Centre for Democracy and Development to
Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states to sensitize the state authorities, traditional
rulers, religious leaders and other relevant stakeholders on the need to reconcile,
resettle and reintegrate the clients back into their communities,” he said.
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