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The spokesperson for the Nigerian Defence Ministry announced that the army would release more than 300 people suspected of being part of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency.
313 people who had been suspected of being members of Boko Haram, will be released after a ruling by a court in northeastern Borno state, the heartland of the insurgency.
“It comes after a court ruled there was no evidence they committed any crimes,” Major General Edward Buba, the defence spokesperson said on Thursday.
In 2009 jihadist group Boko Haram launched an insurgency seeking to overthrow the government and establish an Islamic state.
The insurgency has killed tens of thousands and forced more than 2 million people to flee their homes, spawning one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
