The Nigerian military has released 1,009 ex-Boko Haram insurgents, who had been in military custody at Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri, Borno State, to the state government.
The former insurgents were handed over to the Borno State Government on Wednesday in a secret ceremony that was initially scheduled to take place at an earlier date but was suspended indefinitely by the military authorities due to the appointment of the new Chief of Army Staff.
Military sources revealed to newsmen that the 1,009 ex-terrorists were handed over to the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zuwaira Gambo, who represented the state government at the event.
The source said, “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.”
