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Nigeria’s biggest weakness is that Operation Safe Corridor has never clearly shown citizens how these categories are separated before people are released. Without transparent screening criteria, published outcome data and independent oversight, communities cannot easily distinguish between someone returning after surviving captivity and someone returning after participating in violence.

The uncertainty carries security consequences as well. Humanitarian organisations and conflict researchers have repeatedly warned that allegations of unlawful killings of captured fighters discourage other insurgents from surrendering because they believe they will be executed regardless.

The debate therefore extends beyond rehabilitation or prosecution to whether Nigeria has built a system capable of delivering both justice and accountability.

Victims and survivor communities have the right to know who is being resettled among them and whether those responsible for serious crimes have faced justice. At the same time, children, abducted civilians and other coerced recruits enjoy legal protection under the Child Rights Act and the international humanitarian treaties Nigeria has ratified.

https://developmentdiaries.com/can-nigeria-simply-kill-or-jail-every-boko-haram-fighter-what-the-senates-demand-leaves-unanswered/

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