Gen. Lucky Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff, has said 1,000 insurgents have been persecuted, and 500 have been jailed since the incorporation of Operation Safe Corridor, responsible for deradicalizing repentant insurgents.
The chief of defense further said that some have been jailed for five to 60 years, stating that more insurgents group members would be prosecuted this June.
The CDS said this at a meeting in Abuja on Monday, titled; The North-East Symposium on Reintegration, Reconciliation, and Resettlement.’
Irabor, who was represented by the Maj. Gen. Bamidele Ashafa, OPSC Commander, said, “The federal government of Nigeria does not condone Boko Haram. Over 1,000 Boko Haram members have been prosecuted. I want to use this opportunity to say that over 500 have been jailed and are serving various jail terms for up to 60 years; the minimum term is five years.
“Arrangements are also being concluded to begin the trial of another set of Boko Haram suspects. That will start between now and June.”
