No repentant terrorists, bandits recruited into Nigerian military – Ali clears air

Coordinator of Operation Safe Corridor, OSC Brigadier General Yusuf Ali has enactment to remainder the viral speculation purporting that deradicalized terrorists and bandits are being recruited into the Nigerian Armed Forces.

General Ali made the clarification connected Wednesday during a one-day media dialog with the enactment of OSC arsenic organized by the Centre for Democracy and Development, CDD successful Abuja.

He stated that the study of recruiting repented insurgents into the subject is “entirely mendacious and has nary basis”.

According to General Ali, the “Nigerian information apparatus has a structured process of screening those that are to beryllium recruited into the military”.

The OSC Coordinator besides clarified repentant terrorists, who are classified arsenic high-risk are not reintegrated into the society.

He said, “First and foremost, they indispensable beryllium cleared by the judiciary.

“Aside from the judiciary, information agencies behaviour their screenings earlier they are classified arsenic either low-risk oregon high-risk individuals”.

General Ali further stated that erstwhile they are “classified arsenic precocious risk, they look the mean transgression justness system, tried and sentenced accordingly.

“There is nary military, paramilitary oregon immoderate information bureau recruiting erstwhile fighters oregon surrendered terrorists into the system.

“Recruitment processes are ever published successful the media. There is besides the equipped forces creation th...