ABUJA—THE military is rehabilitating no fewer than 800 members of Boko Haram, who voluntarily laid down arms to embrace peace in the North East. Boko HAram militants arrested and paraded by Civilian JTF in Konduga during Gov. Shettima's visit File: Boko HAram militants arrested and paraded by Civilian JTF in Konduga during Gov. Shettima’s visit This came as the Senate fixed May 25, to pass the North East Development Commission, NEDC, Bill, pending before it. The repentant Boko Haram insurgents, according to the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, yesterday, were undergoing vocational skills training under the supervision of the office of the Chief of Defence Staff. Alhaji Sani Sidi, Director General, DG, of NEMA, who disclosed this at a public hearing of a Bill on the NEDC in Abuja, said the ex-Boko Haram members were registered in a programme he referred to as ‘’Safe Corridor initiative.” The NEMA DG, who was responding to a question on the preparedness of ...
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