FG To De-Radicalize Repented Boko Haram Members

The Federal Government on Tuesday
pledged to ensure the total de-radicalisation
and rehabilitation of all ex-Boko Haram
members before re-integrating them into
the society in line with international best
practices. The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen.
Abayomi Olonisakin, stated this at a National
Stakeholders’ Forum on Re-integration in
the North-East organised by the Kukah
Centre in Abuja.

Olonisakin, who was represented by the
Coordinator of Operation Safe Corridor
(OPSC), Maj.-Gen. Bamidele Shafa, said the
operation was designed by the government
as part of efforts to find lasting solution to
the lingering crisis in the North East.

The CDS said: “The OPSC is an initiative of
the Federal Government which emanated
from National Security Council meeting of
September 2015, to encourage willing and
repentant Boko Haram insurgents to
surrender and embrace peace.