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The report stated that the profiling would include the time they were arrested and the de-radicalisation programme they had undergone.
The military, the police, the Nigeria Prison Service, the office of the National Security Adviser and the ministry of justice would all be involved in the negotiations with the terrorists.
The report state that insurgents who had not been tried could be the first beneficiaries of the swap deal. Detainees who had undergone the de-radicalisation programme of the government, would also be considered.
The federal government it was learnt had started addressing problems that could hinder negotiations with the sect following its split early this month.
Boko Haram had, on August 3, split into two factions with ISIS naming Abu Musab al-Barnawi as the leader of the group.
But Abubakar Shekau, the known leader of the group in a video, dismissed the appointment of al-Barnawi and insisted that he remained the authentic leader of the group, signalling a split in the group.
In another video released recently, Shekau said the group was ready to exchange more than 200 girls abducted on April 14, 2014 at Chibok Secondary School for its fighters that were being detained.
Meanwhile, reports has surfaced in the media recently that the federal government was in a dilemma over the faction of the sect it should negotiate with.
But the minister of information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed told journalists recently that the government was in touch with members of the sect. Mohammed was however silent on which faction of the sect the government was in touch with.
“The government is in touch with those behind the video. We are on top of the situation,” he had stated.
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