The Borno State Government has successfully reintegrated 8,490 repentant Boko Haram members through the Borno Model process.
The Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Prof. Usman Tar, while speaking to Daily Trust during an oath-taking event organized for 560 repentant insurgents in Maiduguri on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, the Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Prof. Usman revealed that they are low risks and minors.a
Also he added that they have been cleared by the military and other security agencies alongside traditional leaders of their various communities.
“For the past three years, we established the Borno Model for the mass return of insurgents and those who were trapped in the line of violence. Today we are winning out additional 560 returnees who are low risks and minors. They have been trained on phone repairs, mechanics, carpentry and all sorts of trades,” Prof. Tar said.
“This platform has been very successful, so people should not be worried because of a few challenges. The Office of National Security Adviser has shown confidence in this process (Borno Model), and we are working with other state governments who are exploring ways and means of adopting our Borno Model.”
The Borno State Special Adviser on Security Affairs, Brig. General Abdullahi Ishaq (rtd), also went ahead to explain that so far, the state government through the Borno Model has reintegrated 8,490 low risks and minors into society.
“As I speak today, we have so far reintegrated a total of 8,490 low risks and minors. In the past we resettled 7,930 and now 560 people, many of them 10 years when insurgents invaded their villages and were forcefully taken away,” Ishaq said.
“There are almajirai, farmers, fishermen, and others who were forced against their will to join Boko Haram sect; so, these are low risks and minors. The community leaders came here to screen and request that we should release them to the community
“Many of them are from Konduga, Dikwa, Ngala, Marte, Kukawa, Mobbar, Bama, Gwoza, and other LGAs
“After this training, they will also receive starter packs at the end of the programme, before being returned to the communities that had screened them for the training,” he added.
