His words: “Releasing suspected terrorists should be based on concrete evidence of repentance and conversion to true Islam, which extols peace. There must be ample evidence of deradicalisation.”
Ekhomu said the recent mass release of 760 Boko Haram suspects by the Joint Intelligence Center of Operation Lafiya Dole was rather hasty and ill advised, as it would tend to worsen the security situation of the Northeast and the country at large.
Ekhomu, who is the first chartered security professional in the country, said in 2017, a total of 2,603 Boko Haram suspects were released. “Prior to that, the activities of the previously released detainees should have been documented and analyzed to determine the success of the mass release programme. Without such a protocol, the programme would appear to be “opaque and arbitrary,” he stated.
He urged the Federal Government to adequately fund the security programmes in the Northeast, saying the frequent mass release of Boko Haram suspects was based on the fact that the military authorities are not equipped to indefinitely detain prisoners of war.He, however, argued that turning the suspects over to the Borno State government appears to be a way to transferring responsibility from the military.
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