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1009 Boko Haram Fighters Released to Borno Government

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Boko Haram Fighters Released to Borno Government

Nigerian military has released 1,009 ex-Boko Haram soldiers to the Borno State Government.

The insurgents who had been in custody of the military at Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri, were handed over to the Borno State Government on Wednesday.

Sources in the army say the released Boko Haram fighters were handed over to the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo, who represented the state government at the event.

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“The army handed 1,009 Boko Haram insurgents to the state government today (Wednesday). It was done in secret. We were warned not to allow journalists to the venue,” the source said.

The repentant insurgents were handed over in a secret ceremony initially billed to take place at an earlier date, but was postponed indefinitely by the military authorities at the wake of the appointment of the a Chief of Army Staff.

The army was yet to comment on the development as at press time.

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