EXCLUSIVE: How alleged coup plotters planned to recruit repentant Boko Haram, civilian JTF members
PREMIUM TIMES understands that some former Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters who surrendered to the Nigerian military have, after undergoing screening and rehabilitation, been deployed in limited support roles alongside security forces in parts of the North-east.
Currently, the serving military officers are being tried in a General Court-Martial, while the civilians, including the ex-military officers, are being prosecuted at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
In 2024, this newspaper reported that 13 repentant Boko Haram members fighting alongside the military, escaped with rifles and motorcycles given to them by the Borno State government.
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