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No fewer than than 600 Boko Haram terrorists have denounce their membership to the terror group and swore an oath of allegiance to the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The repentant insurgents declared their rejection of the terror group on Monday, following the de-radicalization, rehabilitation and reintegration program organized by Operation Safe Corridor, at the Malam Sidi Camp in Kwami Local Government Area of Gombe State.
Their denouncement of the group were made at the instance of an 11-man Quasi-Judicial Panel headed by Justice Nehizena Afolabi, of the Federal High Court, Gombe.
Maj. Gen. Bamidele Shafa, the Coordinator of Operation Safe Corridor, said the appearance of the repentant insurgents before the judicial panel was a major requirement before their reintegration into the society.
“The panel is for the clients to appear before it to confess their pasts and denounce their membership of Boko Haram, Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) as the case maybe and swear Oath of Allegiance to be loyal, discipline and obedient citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and then make commitment,” Shafa said.
“The commitment is that at the end of the programme, where they commit any offence, they stand to forfeit all privileges that they have acquired today and will be liable of offence against the State.”
Zuwaira Gambo, the Borno State Commissioner of Women Affairs and Social Development, said the state government already has a structure on ground that continues the process of reintegration for the repentant sect members.
“We will provide them with psycho-social supports; continue with religious admonition in order to make them good citizens of the country. We will also give them starter packs to help them practice the skills that had been acquired in the camp here,” Gambo said.
The Commissioner added that all the reintegrated members of the sect are doing well.
She further disclosed that one of them makes N250,000 from barbing on a monthly basis and has employed several youths into his barbing salon.
