Since a jihadist insurgency started in Nigeria over a decade ago, fighters caused the death of more than 40,000 people forcing 2 million to displace, according to the United Nations.
At the weekend, Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff disclosed that between July 2021 and May 2022 that 13,360 Boko Haram fighters surrendered to the federal government.
In total 51,828 Boko Haram fighters and their family members gave themselves up to the authorities.
Gen. Lucky Irabor disclosed it while delivering a lecture at the 7th Founders’ Day ceremony of the Edo State University.
He also touched on the “Operation Safe Corridor’ topic. The program was created as a transitional justice approach similar to the Niger Delta Amnesty programme launched by the federal government in 2009.
It involves the setting up of special facilities where repentant terrorists who surrendered their arms could be rehabilitated.”