Government Moves 400 Boko Haram Ex-Convicts To Gombe For Reintegration Programme
The government also noted that over 125 Boko Haram terrorists and their financiers had been convicted in a mass trial held over two days in Kainji, Niger State.
The Nigerian Federal Ministry of Justice has claimed that 400 Boko Haram fighters who have completed their sentences have been moved to Operation Safe Corridor in Gombe State for “rehabilitation, deradicalisation, and subsequent reintegration.”
The government also noted that over 125 Boko Haram terrorists and their financiers had been convicted in a mass trial held over two days in Kainji, Niger State.
Kamardeen Ogundele, the spokesman for the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, said this in a statement he issued on Friday.
According to Ogundele, the 125 were convicted on “charges bordering on terrorism, terrorism financing, rendering material support, and cases relating to International Criminal Court (ICC) criminality.
“The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), is superintending over the trial in conjunction with the Office of the National Security Adviser.
“The trials held under Giwa Project Kanji Phase Five, between Tuesday and Wednesday, were before five Federal High Court judges led by Justice Binta Nyako.
Others are Justices Joyce Abdulmalik, Emeka Nwite, Obiora Egwuatu, and Mobolaji Olajuwon.
“The prosecution team was led by the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation, Mohammed Babadoko Abubakar, while the defence team was led by Mr Abdulfatai Bakre from the Legal Aids Council.
“Others in attendance as international observers are the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) etc.
“The courts convicted 85 persons for terrorism financing, 22 for ICC-related crimes while others were convicted for terrorism. They were sentenced to various jail terms.
“It is also noteworthy that 400 defendants who have completed their sentence have also been moved to Operation Safe Corridor in Gombe State for rehabilitation, deradicalisation, and subsequent reintegration.
