Some religious leaders based in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, have questioned the rationale behind the move by the government to rehabilitate and reabsorb acclaimed repentant Boko Haram cum bandits back into the society.
The religious leaders are of the view that true repentance has to come with members of sect groups coming out publicly to drop their arms, ammunition, and denounce membership, like in the amnesty case of the Niger Delta militancy regime.
Worried by the rate of militia-uprising in different parts of the country with an increase in the northern region ranging from the abduction of school pupils, killings, and the most recent raids on a security tight military facility, the religious leaders questioned the rationale behind the move by the government to rehabilitate and reintegrate these acclaimed repentant Boko Haram sect back into the society.
The clergymen are asking what plans have the government put in place to rehabilitate this group of people who have killed, abducted, beheaded, and bombed fellow humans before reabsorbing them back.
They noted that there was no comparison between the Boko Haram agenda and that of the Niger Delta militants, as echoed in some quarters.
They seized the opportunity to call on the government to do thorough profiling of the acclaimed repentant Boko Haram members before executing their reintegration plans.
