A total of 52 repentant Boko Haram members are undergoing deradicalisation in Gombe, the coordinator of Operation Safe Corridor, Bamidele Shafa, a Maj.-Gen., has said.
Mr. Shafa told journalists on Saturday in Gombe that the ex-Boko Haram members would undergo the programme for 16 weeks, during which they would be rehabilitated and subsequently reintegrated into the larger society.
He said, during their stay in camp, they would
go through a well planned training including
psycho-social therapy by various Federal
Government agencies.
The coordinator added that former terrorists
would undergo training on citizenship, to make
them responsible citizens.
According to him, they will also be exposed to
different types of vocational skills such as carpentry, welding, barbing, among others by the National Directorate of Employment.
He said the reformed boko haram members
would receive grants to set up businesses in
their various communities. Mr. Shafa said his
agency would trace the families of the repentant Boko Haram members, to ease their return home after the training.
The coordinator, who addressed the ex boko
haram members, advised them to make use of
the opportunity to free themselves of hatred
and warped beliefs, so as to live peacefully in
their communities.
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