Tag: boko haram
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Surrendered terrorists regret actions, urge colleagues to come out
Some repentant Boko Haram terrorists have expressed regrets for taking up arms against the state, killing of fellow citizens and destruction of properties in the North East. They made this known during a media tour to one of the holding and screening facilities for the surrendered terrorists in Borno State on Tuesday. One of the…
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Photo: Troops arrest wanted Boko Haram member in Borno
The Nigerian Army says it has arrested a high-profile member of the Boko Haram terrorist group, Yawi Modu, in Damboa Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State.
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Ndume renews call for prosecution of repentant Boko Haram insurgents
The Chairman of Senate Committee on Army, Ali Ndume, on Saturday demanded the prosecution of repentant Boko Haram insurgents. The Nigerian Army claimed last month that over 300 insurgents and their families had surrendered to troops in the North-East. The army had since initiated plans to rehabilitate the insurgents under the Safe Corridor programme. Ndume,…
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50 Boko Haram terrorists killed in attack launched against MNJTF forces
Boko Haram terrorists lost 50 of their men Tuesday night in a massive attack they launched on a town, south east of Niger Republic. While Nigerien Defence Minister Alkassoum Indatou said 16 soldiers paid the ultimate price and nine were wounded, the spokesman of the Multinational Joint Task Force gave a lower death toll. “The…
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Nigerian Army clears air on enlisting repentant Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists into service
The Nigerian Army has said that it had not and would not enlist former or repentant Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists into the service. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made the clarification in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said an online video circulating in the social media…
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Buhari’s Minister opens up on FG’s plan to reintegrate Boko Haram members
There is no definite pronouncement by the federal government on what will become of surrendered Boko Haram members, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama has said. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Onyeama made this known on Saturday in Abuja during the 2021 edition of the Society for International Relations Awareness (SIRA) Annual Public Lecture. Onyeama amidst…
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Why we won’t try, kill repentant Boko Haram terrorists – FG
Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed has said Nigeria will not prosecute repentant terrorists “because there are international conventions” that must be followed. Lai Mohammed, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Washington yesterday, said that calls for the prosecution and killing of the repentant militants rather than granting them amnesty…
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Nigerian Army breaks silence on ‘pampering’, release of two top surrendered Boko Haram bomb makers
The Nigerian Army has dismissed media reports that it is set to release two rehabilitated top Boko Haram bomb makers into the society. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement issued on Tuesday, said that the authors deliberately misrepresented the facts in the publications. Nwachukwu said that the army had deemed…
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Outrage as Nigerian Army pampers repentant Boko Haram commanders with free food, clothes [Photo]
Outrage has greeted the photos released by the Nigerian Army of surrendered Boko Haram members seeking for forgiveness from Nigerians. In the released photos, the surrendered sect members were seen carrying placards with inscriptions ”Nigerians Please Forgive Us” and were supplied with provisions and drinks as captured in the image – a treat that has…
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Falana tackles Malami, demands prosecution of ‘arrested’ 400 sponsors of terrorism
Human Rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN has demanded for prosecution of about 400 sponsors of terrorism reported to have been arrested by the federal government some months ago. In a Freedom of Information, FIO requested dated August 3, 2021 and forwarded to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami,…