By By Micheal Chukwuebuka
NO fewer than 390 repentant Boko Haram members have graduated from the Federal Government’s Deradicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration programme in Gombe State.
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, during the graduation in Malam Sidi in the Kwami Local Government Area of Gombe State on Thursday, said the training was to quicken their reintegration into society and discourage them from going back to crimes.
The camp commandant said that the clients had confessed their past, denounced their membership of the insurgent group and swore an oath of allegiance to be loyal, obedient and responsible citizens.
The Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Mrs Zubaida Umar, said the Federal Government is committed to addressing insecurity in the country.
Umar commended the resilience of the armed forces for using kinetic and non-kinetic approaches in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism in the country.
She lauded President Bola Tinubu for the political will and for approving the expansion of OPSC to cover the six geo-political zones, especially with the inclusion of the North-West and the establishment of the DRR camp in Zamfara State.
Umar, represented by NEMA’s Director of Search and Rescue, Air Cdr. Abang Oyong, donated food and non-food items to the clients.
According to her, the items will help to stabilise them after the DRR programme and enable their seamless reintegration into society.
It was gathered that each of the clients got a starter pack according to their area of training and N50,000.
The items donated include:
- 400 bags of rice (25kg)
- 400 bags of maize (25kg)
- 400 bottles of vegetable oil
- 40 cartons of seasoning
- 40 cartons of tomato paste
- 20 bags of iodised salt
- 400 pieces of bath towels
- 800 pieces of plastic plates
- 800 pieces of plastic spoons.
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