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The Nigerian army formed Wednesday 152 ex-insurgents following a 12-month training in de-radicalization in the state of Gombe.
Colonel Beyidi Martins, coordinator of Operation Safe Corridor, revealed it to Malamsidi (Gombe State) during the ceremony.
Martins said the program was a clear demonstration of the federal government's action against the use of combat to downsize Boko Haram.
He added that the program would reinforce the acceptance of the company's customers having been subjected to several professional trainings that would make them more useful and autonomous.
"The federal government is using this program to reduce the cult's ability to recruit more members and ensure that other insurgents do not participate in the program.
"By the time this is achieved, the government will be able to reduce the number of hands that the sect recruits to fight it.
"Based on the evaluation, the program has done a lot to reform the fighters against the government.
"The program has achieved more results compared to other similar programs in Somalia and Saudi Arabia, where de-radicalization programs are being implemented. There is no record of de-radicalized members returning to the sect, "he said.
Martins said the government was using other non-combatant approaches to fighting insurgents.
The program coordinator said that with sustained efforts and partnership with international organizations, the end of Boko Haram was in sight.
Mr. Abba Umar, a member of the Bama community, congratulated the federal government and the army for the love shown to their brothers.
"We are pleased that the federal government is doing it. If it is not that we are here, it will be hard to believe what we have seen. We are satisfied with everything here.
"We thank the government for the rehabilitation and professional training that will make it a livelihood after leaving the camp."
Zanna Yakubu, who spoke on behalf of the Bama community, congratulated the federal government for providing the former insurgents with the necessary skills to be self-reliant.
Yakubu said the training would help dispel foreign media criticism of the government's efforts to end the insurgency in the country.
Mohammed Modu, a graduate of the program, praised the government's efforts to rehabilitate former insurgents.
He said that he was returning to society as a repentant member of Boko Haram, adding that he would tell people how much the government had benefited them during their stay at the camp.
Modu said that one of the problems of the insurgency was that many young people did not trust the government, adding that it had allowed the cult to easily lure them into its lair.
He stressed that with the love shown by the government during the training, no one could ever deceive him.
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