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Boko Haram: 51,828 surrendered in 14 months – Irabor

Usman A. Bello,Benin

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has said about 51,828 Boko haram fighters and their family members surrendered to the federal government between July 2021 and May 2022.

Irabor, who disclosed this while delivering a lecture at the 7th Founders’ Day of the Edo University, Uzairue, Edo State, said 13,360 of those that surrendered were Boko Haram fighters.

“From July 2021 to May 2022 alone, no fewer than 51,828 Boko Haram and their family members surrendered, out of which 13,360 were fighters,” Irabor said.

He further disclosed that 1,543 repentant terrorists had so far graduated from the Mallam Sidi camp between 2016 and 2022, while 1,935 had been released from the camp in Bulumkutu, Borno State.

He said the military had recorded many successes in the fight against terrorists, adding that many have been dislodged from their strongholds.

Irabor, however, said that despite the modest successes recorded by the Operation Safe Corridor in the fight, there were still a lot of challenges.

He listed some of challenges to include lack of specialised training experts and inadequate physical structure, inadequate collaboration and coordination, absence of appropriate legislation on reintegration, low agency and international participation, as well as ineffective monitoring system.

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