Allamin foundation says 90 female Boko Haram terrorists deradicalised in Borno
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The Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, a community-based NGO in Borno, says it has deradicalised 90 women and girls involved in insurgency.
The foundation’s executive director, Hamsatu Allamin, said this at the third batch graduation of 30 women and girls at a ceremony in Maiduguri on Tuesday.
Ms Allamin said the women were part of the 800 women involved in the insurgency registered by the foundation in the Maiduguri metropolis and Jere LGAs.
According to Ms Allamin, the deradicalised women had helped in bringing about 190 of their relatives involved in the insurgency out of the bush to surrender.
She lauded the Borno government for introducing the ‘Borno Model’ that provided room for repentant insurgents to continue to surrender.
While noting that there’s a lot of work to be done, Ms Allamin called for support and collaboration with the state government and other stakeholders in taking the message of peace and reconciliation to all parts of Borno.
The commissioner of women’s affairs and social development, Zuwaira Gambo, lauded the foundation for its effectiveness in the deradicalisation process and assured it of support.
Ms Gambo said the ‘Borno Model’ had led to the surrender of about 300,000 people comprising 6,760 fighters, 33,000 of their wives, 85,579 farmers they used as slaves and thousands of their children, including unaccompanied children.
In his message at the occasion, the theatre commander of Operation Haidin Kai, Waidi Shuiabu, appreciated the effort of the foundation and assured it of collaboration with the military.
(NAN)
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