Nigerian army have released 983 suspects allegedly linked to Boko Haram Sect after months of investigation.
WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole Major General Olusegun Adeniyi handed over the detainees to Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum on Wednesday November 27.
Reacting to the development at the hand-over ceremony in Maiduguri, Governor Zulum said the former detainees will be rehabilitated before being reunited with their families.
This is coming after the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) shared a report of over 22,000 persons disappearing from the crisis ravaged north-east region since 2009.
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