Nigeria, April 25 -- A human rights lawyer, Maxwell Opara, has sued the Nigerian government and the army to stop the reintegration of repentant insurgents into the Nigerian society.

He filed the suit on 23 April at the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The defendants in the suit are the Nigerian Army, the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, and President Bola Tinubu, listed as first to third respondents respectively.

Mr Opara also sought an order of mandatory injunction compelling the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) to initiate and pursue criminal prosecution of over 700 repentant Boko Haram insurgents.

He said their prosecution would be in accordance with the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022, the A...