SIXTY-FOUR former captives of Boko Haram have been unified with their families, after nine months of debriefing by humanitarian agencies.
Presenting the deradicalised former captives to Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima, the Executive Chairman of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Ahmed Satomi, said the rehabilitation centre recorded seven births within nine months of the process.
Ahmed added that some humanitarian organisations provided counselling and examination on the 64 women and children while the Red Cross provided food items in addition to cash transfer to each of them for the next five months.
The deputy governor, Usman Durukwa, received the former captives on behalf of Governor Shettima.
Satomi told Durukwa that 21 of the women had shown interest in formal education, adding that the programme was the first in the country since the rehabilitation process of Boko Haram captives started.
Durukwa promised that the government would continue to assist the 64 deradicalised women and children until they were fully settled in their communities.
“I thank the military, the Civilian JTF and all that have made it possible for these our sisters and children to regain their freedom to be here today,” he said.
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