The Plateau cleric alleges insider collusion, secret leaks and a security system compromised by surrendered insurgents, as Abuja continues to deny the charge.
Reverend Ezekiel Dachomo has detonated another political and security storm. He accuses the Nigerian government and unnamed elites of sustaining the nation’s violence. They do this by elevating “repentant” Boko Haram fighters into the country’s security architecture.
In the latest interview that has gone viral through News Central clips, the Plateau cleric alleged that some former insurgents have been absorbed into the Army, Air Force, and Police. They are passing operational information back to terrorists before troops arrive.
Dachomo’s comments are explosive. This is not just because of the language he used. They strike at the heart of one of Nigeria’s most sensitive national security debates.
He accused the authorities of knowing what is happening. They are looking away. He said the country’s violence is fed by corruption. Criminal patronage contributes to the problem. A system rewards those who should be under the closest scrutiny.
The cleric also linked the issue to broader insecurity. He argued that civilians are left exposed. Meanwhile, powerful people benefit from instability.
His most damaging allegation is that repentant Boko Haram fighters are not only being rehabilitated. They are also allegedly finding their way into the state’s coercive institutions.
That is a claim the Nigerian Army has repeatedly rejected. In 2024, the service stated they “at no point” enlisted repentant Boko Haram members. They dismissed the story as “mischievously insinuated”.
The official position from Abuja is that Operation Safe Corridor is a deradicalisation, rehabilitation, and reintegration programme. It is intended for willingly surrendered extremists. It is not a backdoor recruitment scheme.
The Presidency has said the programme admits only fighters who have passed careful scrutiny. It is not meant for “hard boiled, ideologically hardened terrorists”.
The Defence Ministry stated in 2025 that Operation Safe Corridor continues to advance rehabilitation. It also furthers reintegration as part of Nigeria’s wider counterterrorism effort.
That official defence matters because the public distrust around the programme is already deep.
Critics have long argued that Operation Safe Corridor lacks transparency. They express concerns about screening and accountability. There is also fear it might be amnesty by another name.
A Carnegie Endowment review said donors have noted the military keeps tight control of the process. Civilian oversight of vetting remains limited. The International Crisis Group described the programme as controversial. Critics say it amounts to amnesty for terrorists.
Those concerns are amplified by Nigeria’s worsening security climate. In July 2025, Reuters reported that bandits or insurgents killed more people in the first half of that year than in all of 2024.
At least 2,266 deaths were recorded. The military was stretched across insurgency, banditry, kidnappings, herder attacks and secessionist violence.
The same Reuters report stated that attacks had killed soldiers. Members of local security outfits were also killed as the crisis spread across multiple fronts.
That provides the backdrop to Dachomo’s warning. Insurgents may already be embedded near the system they are meant to fight.
It is also why his claim, even without documentary proof in the interview, lands with such force.
In a country where trust in security institutions is fragile, any allegation of infiltration immediately feeds suspicion. This suspicion suggests that violence is being managed, not defeated.
That is an inference drawn from the current public record. The authorities will struggle to dismiss it lightly. This difficulty persists while insecurity remains this persistent.
Dachomo’s remarks also revive the argument over the almajiri system. Critics say this system has been abused. It has left many children vulnerable to exploitation. These children risk recruitment into criminal networks.
In his telling, that social breakdown feeds the larger security crisis. In the same breath, he framed the issue as one of national betrayal, not just policy failure.
The cleric’s endorsement of Donald Trump is another reason the interview has taken off. In November 2025, Reuters reported that Nigeria rejected Trump’s claims of a Christian genocide. The presidency insisted that the country does not discriminate by tribe or religion in its fight against insecurity.
The same report quoted analysts. They said the violence in Nigeria is often indiscriminate. It is shaped by overlapping conflicts over land, politics, ethnicity, and banditry. These issues create complexity rather than one simple religious war.
That context makes Dachomo’s political language more combustible. By calling for foreign intervention and backing Trump’s involvement, he is not merely criticising Abuja.
He is inviting an international security debate. This debate also involves human rights. The Nigerian government has tried hard to control this discussion on its own terms.
For now, the central question remains unanswered.
Has any repentant Boko Haram member been improperly placed inside the Army, Police, or Air Force, as Dachomo alleges? Is this another case of a preacher putting the state on the defensive with accusations it has not yet been forced to prove or disprove?
The government has denied the allegation. The military has denied it. But there needs to be transparent, documented evidence from either side. Without it, the claim will hang over Nigeria’s security debate like a fresh indictment.
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