Presidential C’ttee on Boko Haram Detainees Submits Final Report

The Presidential Committee on the Special Detainees
connected with the Boko Haram insurgency that ravaged the
North-east has submitted its report to the federal
government.

The report was handed over to the Secretary to the Government of
the Federation, Boss Mustapha on Tuesday.

A statement issued wednesday by the Director of Information,
Office of the (SGF), Lawrence Ojabo , said the report, spawning
five chapters and 47 pages, contained detailed information on the
detainees’ profiles and categorisation.

The committee, headed by General Abdullahi Bagudu Mamman, was
inaugurated in December 2016 by the Minister of Interior, Lt
General Abdulrahaman Danbazzau (rtd), with the mandate to profile
and categorise the Boko Haram suspects, detained in the various
prisons across the country.

Their mandate was also to consider the welfare of the
detainees.

Mustapha, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary,
General Services Office, OSGF, Olusegun Adeyemi Adekunle, lauded
the committee for the painstaking efforts in carrying out the
task.

He commended the minister of interior for initiating the
committee and to also look into the welfare of the unfortunate
citizens.
The SGF acknowledged the urgency expressed by the chairman of the
committee on the aspects of international relations, inadequate
infrastructures, and human rights of the detainees.

He said the report would be forwarded swiftly to President
Muhammadu Buhari for consideration, assuring that it would be given
expeditious attention with the view to implementing all the
recommendations.

Similarly, Mustapha reiterated the commitment of the
administration to bring under control all security challenges in
different parts of the country.

Mamman said the committee profiled 6,512 detainees including
toddlers who accompanied their mothers into detention.
He noted that some detainees had spent up to nine years in prison
awaiting trial. He appealed for justice for suspects who might be
innocent.

He commended President Buhari for taking the plight of Nigerians
seriously. He also thanked the government for giving them the task,
saying they would offer themselves in the future for similar
assignment.

The Presidential Committee on the Special Detainees
connected with the Boko Haram insurgency that ravaged the
North-east has submitted its report to the federal
government.

The report was handed over to the Secretary to the Government of
the Federation, Boss Mustapha on Tuesday.

A statement issued wednesday by the Director of Information,
Office of the (SGF), Lawrence Ojabo , said the report, spawning
five chapters and 47 pages, contained detailed information on the
detainees’ profiles and categorisation.

The committee, headed by General Abdullahi Bagudu Mamman, was
inaugurated in December 2016 by the Minister of Interior, Lt
General Abdulrahaman Danbazzau (rtd), with the mandate to profile
and categorise the Boko Haram suspects, detained in the various
prisons across the country.

Their mandate was also to consider the welfare of the
detainees.

Mustapha, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary,
General Services Office, OSGF, Olusegun Adeyemi Adekunle, lauded
the committee for the painstaking efforts in carrying out the
task.

He commended the minister of interior for initiating the
committee and to also look into the welfare of the unfortunate
citizens.
The SGF acknowledged the urgency expressed by the chairman of the
committee on the aspects of international relations, inadequate
infrastructures, and human rights of the detainees.

He said the report would be forwarded swiftly to President
Muhammadu Buhari for consideration, assuring that it would be given
expeditious attention with the view to implementing all the
recommendations.

Similarly, Mustapha reiterated the commitment of the
administration to bring under control all security challenges in
different parts of the country.

Mamman said the committee profiled 6,512 detainees including
toddlers who accompanied their mothers into detention.
He noted that some detainees had spent up to nine years in prison
awaiting trial. He appealed for justice for suspects who might be
innocent.

He commended President Buhari for taking the plight of Nigerians
seriously. He also thanked the government for giving them the task,
saying they would offer themselves in the future for similar
assignment.