Nelson Ogbu
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said it has registered no fewer than 900 repentant Boko Haram members in Nigeria recently.
In a statement on Monday, NIMC revealed that as a strategic partner in the effort at tackling the security challenges in the country, it will provide reliable and secure data of repentant Boko Haram members who have been reintegrated into society.
Director-General, Aliyu Aziz, reassured the agency’s resolve to provide “accurate, secured and verifiable data when needed”.
He said the commission has the capacity to support the federal government in the ongoing war against security challenges through its functional and world-class verification and authentication services residual in its modern and up-to-date database.
John Enenche who is the Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, on his part said NIMC is one of the agencies involved in the deradicalisation, rehabilitation and reintegration process of ex-Boko Haram members.
Enenche stressed that no repentant Boko Haram member will evade arrest if they renege on their pledge to give up arms, particularly with their data captured by NIMC.
“The National Identity Management Commission is one of the agencies involved in the DRR process capturing of all repentant Boko Haram combatants on its data making it easy for them to be traced in any unfortunate incident,” he said.
Eneche had said 603 repentant Boko Haram members would be reintegrated into their communities in July after the completion of their rehabilitation programme.
