₦airaland Forum

Borno Spent ₦2.6bn on “Repentant” Boko Haram Members as Soldiers Warn of Leaks

A review of Borno State’s 2025 third-quarter budget performance shows ₦2.6 billion was spent on “livelihood support for repentant Boko Haram members” between January and September, with ₦758.1 million disbursed in July–September alone.

The document also reveals limited health capital spending: the Primary Healthcare Development Board received ₦2.076 billion of an ₦8.7 billion budget for the period, while the Hospitals Management Board spent just ₦1.2 billion against a ₦10.5 billion appropriation.

Meanwhile, frontline soldiers in Yobe and Borno told SaharaReporters that some government-backed “repentant” insurgents have been leaking sensitive military information — including troop routines, w+apon locations and base alarm points — to their former commanders.

One soldier said repentant fighters routinely inform terrorists about camp schedules (noting evenings between 4:00pm and 7:00pm) and the location of armouries containing rifles, GMPGs, RPGs, PKTs, grenades and explosives, making troops “extremely vulnerable.”

The reports note that, despite billions spent on reintegration, attacks by the same sects persist.  In April, Governor Babagana Zulum warned of Boko Haram regrouping around Lake Chad and the Mandara Hills and said the state has received more than 300,000 repentants in three years.

He urged greater military manpower, more air support, sophisticated drones and anti-drone systems, and a combination of kinetic and non-kinetic strategies to curb the growing threat.

WhizdomXX:
This is unacceptable. There is nothing like a repentant terrorist. If they are truly repentant, they should send them to some farm or industry far away from where they are familiar with. Maybe a farm in Osun or Ogun State or pipeline building in the AKK corridor for cheap labour or to work on the eastern railway line. They should be monitored there that's when we'll know if they are truly repentant.

Smartcitizen:
This will make our south Western brothers happy but if you just want to give them sleepless nights mention Nnamdi......


They don't even care if you are talking about Nnamdi Azikiwe and their BP will dive.


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Emmy000seun:
Na until den pai d whole soldiers that's when you guys will come out and say the truth to the government..bunch of cowards calling theirself soja..naija military no b soldier na soda walahi 😂😂

Akwamkpuruamu:
In Nigeria, it pays to be a high profile criminal. If you're caught, U claim repentance and start feeding fat legally