{"id":6342,"date":"2026-03-02T12:45:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T12:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/?p=6342"},"modified":"2026-03-02T12:45:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T12:45:57","slug":"government-plans-to-bring-back-boko-haram-fighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/government-plans-to-bring-back-boko-haram-fighters\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Plans to Bring Back Boko Haram Fighters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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With schools and doctors going on strike every week and citizens working for less than minimum wage, the Federal Government has decided that this is a good time to remind Nigerians that Boko Haram fighters deserve a second chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The internet has a lot to say. Chief of Defence Operations Michael Onoja stepped into the spotlight to publicly defend Operation Safe Corridor, Nigeria’s deradicalisation and reintegration programme for former Boko Haram insurgents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His core argument was that at the end of the day, they are still Nigerian citizens. Onoja acknowledged that those who committed crimes would be held accountable, but maintained that the government cannot simply abandon the possibility of rehabilitation. He confirmed that a review of the programme is currently underway and promised that new operational directives would follow. Sounds reasonable but in practice, its much harder to fathom. For a lot of communities in the North-East that have spent years counting their dead, teachers pulled out of classrooms, farmers cut down in their fields, children murdered in their beds, schools and churches set ablaze, the idea of the government that failed to protect them now funding therapy and reintegration for their attackers is not simply tone-deaf, it feels like the worst kind of betrayal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The criticism goes deeper than emotion though. Many want to know what this means for the future. What does accountability actually look like under this programme? If the same fighters who razed villages and took lives are being quietly reintegrated with no transparent process, no reckoning and no explanation to the communities they destroyed, then “they’re still Nigerians” is an insult and a heavy slap in the face. Citizens are also pointing to the timing. With public trust in government institutions already running thin, defending a programme that benefits former terrorists while everyday Nigerians struggle to access basic services is a PR disaster that no press statement can fully clean up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chief of Defence Operations assured the public that their concerns are being taken seriously and that the review will produce clear operational directives. Whether that review leads to genuine accountability or simply better-worded policy language remains to be seen.Nigeria needs leaders and people in position who actually care for the progress of the country, not reformed bombers. Right now, people asking the hard questions deserve more than a promise of a review.Stay locked to Gistme.net for updates as this story develops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nigerian government is under fire for defending the rehabilitation of former Boko Haram fighters through Operation Safe Corridor. Officials say reintegration is necessary, but many Nigerians are questioning the timing, transparency, and accountability of the programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6285,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6342"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6344,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6342\/revisions\/6344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}