Nigerian Army frees 230 suspects cleared of ties with Boko Haram

Boko Haram terrorists

A tank recaptured from Boko Haram. Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye

The Nigerian Army military has released 230 suspected Boko Haram terrorists made up of two hundred and nineteen males and eleven females after profiling them.
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The Guardian gathered that the suspected Boko Haram members are made up of 219 males and 11 females after profiling them.

A source within the military disclosed that the suspects were cleared after it was established that they are not terrorists but were conscripted against their will.
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The source added that the 230 suspects were handed over today to the Borno state government through the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development for reintegration.

Details later.
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