The Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Gen Christopher Musa, says about 789 ex-terrorist combatants, are presently undergoing the De-radicalization, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration, DRR, programme under the Operation Safe Corridor, OPSC initiative.

He also said that the meeting was centered on coming up with modalities to ensure the proper reintegration of the first of two batches consisting of 391 clients into their states.

The CDS said the meeting would further provide a critical platform for a reflection on the collective efforts concerning the de-radicalization initiative while assessing their progress and strategizing against anticipated challenges.

Commander, Operation Safe Corridor (OPSC), Brig.-Gen. Yusuf Ali, in his remarks, said that OPSC was a multi-agency humanitarian scheme backed by extant provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as well as international humanitarian and human rights laws. Ali said that the programme which commenced in 2016, successfully processed 2,190 clients, comprising 2,163 Nigerians and 27 foreign nationals from Cameroon, Chad and Niger.