Nigerian Military Relocates 260 Boko Haram Survivors For A CVE Programme

The Nigerian army has relocated at least 260 women and children recently rescued from Islamist group Boko Haram. They were taken from a camp in Yola and flown to an unspecified military facility. The women will receive medical help and support as part of their rehabilitation process, the BBC Africa reports. They will be housed at the military facility under the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Programme which is part of the government's "soft approach" to combating terrorism.

275 women and children were reportedly brought to Malkohi camp in Yola on 2 May, after their rescue from a Boko Haram camp in the Sambisa Forest. While 260 of them have now been moved, some are still being treated in a hospital in Yola, according to the BBC's Nigeria Correspondent, Will Ross.

A spokesman for the government body managing the camp, Sani Datti, told the AP News Agency that he was aware soldiers had removed the group. But said he had no more details of what he described as an "entirely military affair".