A total of 23 boys and two girls were yesterday released from
Nigerian Army administrative custody having been cleared of
suspected ties with armed groups, bringing the number of children
released this year to 44.
The United Nations Children Fund Acting Representative in
Nigeria, Pennile Ironside, said these were children taken away from
their families and communities, deprived of their childhood,
education, health-care, and of the chance to grow up in a safe and
enabling environment.
He said UNICEF would continue working to ensure that all
conflict affected children are reunited with their families, have
hope of fulfilling their dreams and their human rights.
He said the released children, handed over to the Borno State
Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, would be kept at
a UNICEF-supported transit centre; while efforts to reunite them
with their families and reintegrate them back to their communities
are underway.
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