Minister
for Information, Lai Mohammed said on Friday in Washington DC, United States,
during his engagement with global media outlets that following the mass
surrender of Boko Haram insurgents, he personally spoke to the military authority before leaving Nigeria
and they said what they were doing is what the global practice dictates about
soldiers that surrendered that should be treated as prisoners of war. He also said that they cannot just be shot because
there are international conventions that give rights also to prisoners of war. What
the military is doing is that, when they surrender, they profile them to ensure
that they are genuine and reintegrate them into the society. He also denied
claims that the surrendering members of Boko Haram will be recruited into the
Nigerian army. Some Nigerians have kicked
against the de-radicalisation and rehabilitation initiative for the insurgents
by the Nigerian army under the Safe Corridor programme.
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