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Borno: NGO trains 30 repentant insurgent wives on livelihood skills
Borno: NGO trains 30 repentant insurgent wives on livelihood skills
By: Olatunji Omirin
As part of its numerous contributions to rebuild and reposition Borno State for post-insurgency prosperity, a Maiduguri-based NGO, Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, has trained 30 vulnerable women affected by the Boko Haram violent conflict on various vocational skills in four local government areas of the state.
The Executive Director of the Foundation, Hajiya Hamsatu Allamin, who made the announcement, said the beneficiaries of the training would be given business startup kits to enable them to earn a living.
She was speaking during a stakeholder meeting with the theme “Training of Stakeholders on Peacebuilding, Reconciliation, and Reintegration”, which was held in Maiduguri recently.
Hamsatu Allamin called for an all-inclusive program that would capture the wives of repentant insurgents with the intervention of the government, noting that the women are in dire need of succor.
The Executive Director disclosed that her NGO has hired Islamic scholars who are ready to deradicalize another batch of 30 wives of top insurgent leaders to change their concepts about society.
“We are trying to complement what the government is doing to close the gap between men and women in terms of benefiting from interventions,” she said, lamenting, “Many of these women are silent because they never benefit from any intervention from the government. These are wives of commanders of Boko Haram who have seen it all.”
Hamsatu Allamin said, “These are violent women who have seen how their husbands committed crimes of murder and drank blood before they all were killed in the bush.”
She continued: “So, these women never knew that what their late husbands were doing was wrong until we told them.
“Now we focus on these women to deradicalize them and to empower them economically with livelihood skills,” the ED said, adding, “We don’t want these women to go back to the bush again.”
She said, “If we fail to enlighten them, we might be sitting on a keg of gunpowder.
“They have truly repented, and that is why we are going to train and equip them so that they send their children to school and take adequate care for them.
Also speaking, BOT member Allamin Foundation Hajiya Ashia Wakilbe called on governments to ensure women at the various levels are empowered in society so that it can be better.
The 30 women were drawn from Jere, Mafa, Konduga, and Maiduguri Metropolitan Councils.
Borno: NGO trains 30 repentant insurgent wives on livelihood skills.
Troops arrest terrorist informants, logistics suppliers in Sokoto
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA have arrested two suspected terrorist informants and logistics suppliers in Gudu Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the suspects were apprehended on Sept. 4 during a fighting patrol to Yaka village by a quick response team.
The suspects, according to the source, are in troop custody for further investigation and action.
Troops arrest terrorist informants, logistics suppliers in Sokoto
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Troops repel terrorist attacks in Sokoto, rescue driver, as locals accosted 7 terrorists, killed 4
Troops repel terrorist attacks in Sokoto, rescue driver, as locals accosted 7 terrorists, killed 4
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA have repelled terrorist attacks in parts of Sokoto State, rescuing a driver and preventing further abductions.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that on Sept. 3, at about 6:12 p.m., troops of 8 Division, while on a fighting patrol along Sabon Birnin–Isa Road, engaged terrorists who attempted to block the route.
“The terrorists were forced to flee after a fierce exchange of fire. Troops rescued a driver conveying frozen fish and assisted in towing his vehicle to Sabon Birnin,” he said.
The source added that later, on the same day at about 11:30 p.m., terrorists invaded Tungar Makera village in Wurno Local Government Area and kidnapped four locals before fleeing.
“Troops pursued the terrorists but could not make contact. However, on Sept. 4, at about 8:55 a.m., locals accosted seven suspected terrorists in Kaura village, Shagari Local Government Area.
“Unfortunately, four of the suspects were lynched by a mob led by Yansakai vigilantes before troops arrived. Troops rescued the remaining three suspects and handed them over to security authorities for further action,” the source said.
Troops repel terrorist attacks in Sokoto, rescue driver, as locals accosted 7 terrorists, killed 4
Troops arrest 3 suspected kidnappers in Niger State
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA have arrested three suspected kidnappers in Rijau Local Government Area of Niger State.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the suspects were apprehended on Sept. 4 when local vigilantes in Dukku town handed them over to troops on routine patrol along the Rijau–Duku axis.
The suspects were identified as Mohammed Mohammed, 30, Babe Sanda, 25, and Buba Matilo, 25.
According to the sources, the suspects confessed to abducting two locals from Dukku town and taking them to a terrorist hideout in Duku Forest.
The suspects are currently in troop custody for further investigation and action.
Troops arrest 3 suspected kidnappers in Niger State
Troops arrest terrorist informants, logistics suppliers in Sokoto
Troops repel terrorist attacks in Sokoto, rescue driver, as locals accosted 7 terrorists, killed 4
Troops arrest 3 suspected kidnappers in Niger State
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