The Federal Government yesterday
said members of Boko Haram who had surrendered to military authorities would be
rehabilitated before being reintegrated into the society. Coordinator of the
National Information Centre (NIC) and Director General of the National
Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr. Mike Omeri, said this at a briefing yesterday in
Abuja.
He explained that the rehabilitation
strategy, as contained in the counter-terrorism document launched by the
government, would be strictly followed in handling the surrendered insurgents.
“Those terrorists, who surrendered
their arms and embrace peace will undergo the process of de-radicalisation and
rehabilitation, so that they will be admitted into society and given the
opportunity to continue contributing their own quota to the development of this
country.
“But for those who insist on
carrying arms against their country, against their fellow citizens, they will
have themselves to blame,” Omeri said.
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