Repentant Boko Haram member admits killing over 100 people in X video

A repentant Boko Haram member has admitted to killing more than 100 people during his time with the insurgent group, revealing this in a video shared on X (Twitter) where he spoke with a foreign vlogger at a rehabilitation camp. The former fighter, speaking through an interpreter, said he joined Boko Haram at about age 10 and was forced by older members to take part in violent activities.

He explained that most of the killings happened in remote areas, with members often ordered to attack villages. The repentant militant also revealed that women captured during attacks were sometimes forced into marriage with fighters, stating "If they capture women, they marry them, because there are few women in the camp."

This admission provides rare insight into Boko Haram's recruitment of children, operational patterns in Nigeria's northeast, and the group's internal dynamics. It comes from a rehabilitation setting, highlighting ongoing deradicalization efforts for former insurgents.

What does this revelation mean for understanding the true scale of Boko Haram's violence and the challenges of reintegrating former militants into society?

SOURCE: https://dailypost.ng/2026/04/11/i-have-killed-over-100-people-repentant-boko-haram-member/