NIGERIA is under siege from relentless waves of terrorism marked by gruesome killings, kidnappings and other acts of savage brutality against innocent citizens. The bloodletting has become so frequent that the country now appears numbed to the horror. Communities are sacked, families are shattered, and lives are destroyed almost daily.
Yet, amid this unending carnage, the government continues to rehabilitate and reintegrate arrested terrorists into society. It is a patently counterproductive policy.
The programme officially commenced in 2016 with the launch of Operation Safe Corridor, a non-kinetic government initiative aimed at deradicalising and reintegrating low-risk, repentant insurgents into society.
Since then, about 5,000 former Boko Haram insurgents have reportedly been reintegrated into communities across the country.
Alongside this is a parallel initiative known as the Borno Model, under which about 8,000 former fighters and their families have been reabsorbed into their hometowns.
