Nigerian Army Released 249 Suspected Boko Haram Insurgents Borno

The Nigerian Army has freed 249 captured suspected Boko Haram terrorists and accomplices after being cleared by the Chief of Army Staff in Maiduguri on Sunday.

Those cleared and released include 169 males, 46 women and 34 children. Further breakdown shows that 203 of them were from 18 Local Government Areas of Borno State, while 44 were from other States as follows; Adamawa 2, Jigawa 2, Lagos 1, Oyo 1 and Yobe 38. However, 2 of them were from the Republic of Cameroon.
The released suspects were handed N3,000 each
The Acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division, Brigadier General Victor Ezugwu made the handing over to the State government through the Commissioner for Local Government while the two Cameroonians were handed over to the Borno State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service.
The Commissioner in his remarks praised the military effort’s in the fight against insurgency and respect for human rights as manifested in the painstaking efforts that led to their clearance and subsequent release. He therefore urged the released detainees to remain law abiding and go about their lawful businesses. He also commended the