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Terrorists’ victims will receive necessary support – Buhari

Buhari also re-stated his government’s determination to rid the country of terrorism and insurgency in the shortest possible time.

President Muhammadu Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised that victims of the Boko Haram sect will receive the necessary support under his administration.

The President made the comments on Tuesday, June 30, 2015, after receiving a briefing on the work of the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Department of the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA).

The report was presented by CVE head, Fatima Akilu who told Buhari that the department’s non-military approach was running concurrently with the armed onslaught against insurgents in the country.

She added that a National Security Corridor Program has been created to provide a safe route for those who wish to leave Boko Haram voluntarily, and that 47 erstwhile members of the group have embraced the program.

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Akilu also said that 47 former members of Boko Haram had embraced the program while 22 women and girls who had been recruited as suicide bombers by the sect are now undergoing rehabilitation.

Details of the meeting were provided via a statement released by presidential media aide, Femi Adesina.

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