The military released 230 persons suspected of being associated with Boko Haram, comprising 219 males and 11 females, following their profiling.
A military source said these suspects were cleared after it was determined that they were coerced into involvement rather than being active terrorists.
The 230 persons were transferred today to the Borno state government via the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development for reintegration.
Nigeria’s armed forces are fighting on several fronts, including against armed criminals in the northwest and a long-running jihadist insurgency in the northeast that has killed 40,000 and displaced more than two million since 2009.
Boko Haram and rival IS-linked Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP have increasingly targeted farmers, loggers, herders, and fishermen, accusing them of spying and passing information to the military and militia fighting them.
Fighting in Borno and some parts of the Northeast has eased as militants have been pushed back from the territory they once controlled, but they still carry out attacks, kidnappings, and raids in remote areas.
