The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, says the de-radicalisation of repentant insurgents is yielding results
The programme tagged Operation Safe Corridor was introduced under former President Muhammadu Buhari and has seen no fewer than 4,000 ex-insurgents go through it
Speaking with Newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja, the CDS said the Nigerian military was winning the war against terrorists in the country, stressing that more than 120,000 of them have surrendered to troops in the theatre of operations in the North-East.
According to him, he was in charge of Operation Hadin Kai for 19 months, and during the period, no fewer than 70,000 terrorists dumped terrorism to embrace a new life.
He however identified lack of good governance as one of the factors encouraging criminal activities, and called on the government to provide employment, food as well as other basic necessities of life to discourage people from taking to crime