Buhari pledges support for terror victims

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commended steps being taken by the Office of the National Security Adviser and other agencies of government to rehabilitate victims of terrorism and violent extremism in Nigeria.

He spoke in Abuja after receiving a briefing on the work of the Countering Violent Extremism Department in the NSA office.

Buhari, according to a statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said the Federal Government will continue to do

its best to ensure that victims of Boko Haram atrocities receive necessary support, and that it will strive to rid the country of terrorism and insurgency in the shortest possible time.

One of the CVE objectives is to reform terrorists and prevent others from joining terrorist organisations and violent sects.

Head of the CVE, Dr. Fatima Akilu, told President Buhari that its non-military approach was running concurrently with the armed onslaught against insurgents in the country.