My theory. Boko Haram is an enterprise. The wheel of the war must be kept spinning for the profiteers and racketeers of blood. The insurgency has raged on for more than a decade. And when it appears the vestiges of the insurgents are finally being erased, they rise again like the phoenix from the ashes - to become stronger, more coordinated and more ubiquitous. It is grand delusion to assume that the machinations of these deviants do not have insider abutment.
About 1,400 Boko Haram suspects have been released since the launch of Operation Safe Corridor in 2016. This is a programme for "the deradicalisation and rehabilitation" of ex-Boko Haram fighters.
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