He Federal Government is considering integrating members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) into the Nigerian military and police after the war against the Boko Haram.
President Muhammadu
Buhari made this dislosure at the weekend while responding to questions at a
press conference after the 2nd Regional Security Summit in Abuja on Saturday.
“For those who have
received military training, it will be advised either to recruit them if they
are within the age bracket of recruitment in the military or the police,”
Buhari said.
“They have been of
tremendous help to the military because they are from there, they have local
intelligence and some of them are retired military or retired policemen. Since
they were drawn by the authorities of their respective states, they were taken
into confidence and trusted.
“Personally, with the
experience I have as a military man and during the civil war, using local
intelligence, using local authorities from ward, to local government, to the
state can improve our intelligence collection.”
Assuring that the
government had a plan for the group after the war, Buhari said since they were
known in their areas of operation before they joined the JTF, disarming them
won’t be a problem.
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