- The federal government is also
doing all it can to ensure that the remaining Chibok girls are released, Samson
Itegboje said
- Itegboje, a Nigerian envoy, told
the UN Security Council that the deradicalisation is expected to change the
mindset of the convicted terrorists
- He said the federal government is
also working on assisting victims of insurgency
The federal government has
reportedly hired psychologists and counsellors to help with the rehabilitation
and de-radicalisation of convicted Boko Haram terrorists. He News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of those hired include Islamic scholars who
would help counter the indoctrination by extremists. The convicted terrorists
are expected to be trained on aspects of dialogues and religious counselling.
The report quoted the deputy
ambassador to the UN, Samson Itegboje, as recently unveiling the plan during a
presentation of Nigeria’s statement to the UN Security Council on the recent
visit of the deputy secretary-general, Amina Mohammed, and other top women
officials of the UN to Nigeria.
Itegboj reportedly said: “We are
also working assiduously with the affected communities to design economic
revitalisation prograrnmes targeted at people most affected by terrorism and
violent extremism.”
NAIJ.com learnt that he also assures
the Security Council that federal government has intensified efforts at
securing the release of the remaining girls.
“Having regained their freedom, it
is equally important that they regain their self-esteem and be assisted to
return to their families and back to their schools.
“Furthermore, emergency teams of
psycho-social counselors and health professionals have been dispatched to the
northeast to assist with the profiling of victims for appropriate therapies,”
he said.
“In addition, the federal government
has put in motion legal remedies for victims of Boko Haram terrorism in the
form of r*pe and other sexual violence against children, abduction of children
and other grave violations,” Itegboje
said.
NAIJ.com reported months ago that a
global terrorism expert, Abayomi Nurain Mumuni has warned the federal
government on the proposed plan to rehabilitate the surrendered Boko Haraam
insurgents, saying; “real terrorists don't repent easily”.
Reacting to the news of over 800
repentant Boko Haraam members who would be undergoing rehabilitation, Mumuni
said it's only in Nigeria that some elements would claim to have repented,
while the terrorists that matter are already strategizing their next attacks.
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