The Nigerian military on Wednesday released 1,009 ex-Boko Haram
insurgents, who had been in military custody at Giwa Barracks in
Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, According to PUnch report.
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The former terrorists were handed over to the Borno State
Government in a secret ceremony that was initially billed to take
place at an earlier date but was suspended indefinitely by the
military authorities at the wake of the appointment of the new
COAS.
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According to sources in the army, the ex-terrorists were handed
over to the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development,
Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo, who represented the state government at the
event.
The officer said, “The army handed 1,009 Boko Haram insurgents
to the state government today (Wednesday). It was done in secret.
We were warned not to allow journalists to the venue.”
Efforts to reach the Army Public Relations Officer, Operation
Hadin Kai, Col. Ado Isa, proved abortive.
Gambo did not reply to a text message sent to her phone too.
The Nigerian military on Wednesday released 1,009 ex-Boko Haram
insurgents, who had been in military custody at Giwa Barracks in
Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, According to PUnch report.
The former terrorists were handed over to the Borno State
Government in a secret ceremony that was initially billed to take
place at an earlier date but was suspended indefinitely by the
military authorities at the wake of the appointment of the new
COAS.
According to sources in the army, the ex-terrorists were handed
over to the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development,
Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo, who represented the state government at the
event.
The officer said, “The army handed 1,009 Boko Haram insurgents
to the state government today (Wednesday). It was done in secret.
We were warned not to allow journalists to the venue.”
Efforts to reach the Army Public Relations Officer, Operation
Hadin Kai, Col. Ado Isa, proved abortive.
Gambo did not reply to a text message sent to her phone too.