EU Integrates 270 Rescued Boko Haram Girls In Yobe State

By Akinwale Kasali

Over 270 Girls rescued from Boko Haram terrorists in Communities in North East State of Yobe have been reintegrated into their families and communities alike by the European Union, EU.

The EU disclosed that the Girls are those abducted and those that had fled from the insurgents’ attacks on their communities in the past 10 years.

The implementation of the reintegration was carried out by an International Non-governmental Organisation, International Alert, and a local counterpart, Damaturu-based Taimako Community Development Initiative.

Halley Abdullahi, the Programme Manager of the initiative, said that the reintegration was implemented under the EU-funded project that supports early recovery from conflict and resilience building in the State.

Haliru further explained that the objective of the project was to strengthen early recovery from the Boko Haram crisis, improve humanitarian development, social cohesion, and resilience among targeted vulnerable households and communities.

“Through the project, we have been strengthening the capacity of local actors on mutual forgiveness and accommodation in the communities in order to live in peace and Harmony,” the programme manager said.

Disclosing further, Haliru said that under three years, the project had reconciled 350 communities and families who had been at loggerheads over issues rooted in the Boko Haram insurgency.