Mr Ozegbe said this was not the first time Mr Bodejo had been arrested for issues relating to insecurity in North-Central Nigeria.
“The honourable attorney general of the federation has instructed me to withdraw this charge against the defendant in the interest of justice,” a government lawyer said.
The experts said the government must take over ungoverned spaces, which have become a haven for non-state actors.
He said 67 per cent of those who surrendered were of the Abubakar Shekau faction of the insurgents.
The Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced a 22-year-old labourer, Emmanuel Paul, to eight months in prison for stealing phones.
“It is an opportunity to reflect on the past year, reposition, and move forward in the new year,” Mr Buhari said.
Mr Buhari warned that the security agencies’ intervention in the 2023 general elections must be done professionally and in accordance with Standing Operation Procedures.
The reoccurrence of “snakes in toilets” in the past week has gotten many Nigerians worried and in search of how such dreaded situations could be prevented.
The retreat aims at reappraising operational tactics and methods of intelligence gathering to address the country’s myriad security challenges.
Nigerian soldiers are facing a difficult time accepting ‘repentant’ Boko Haram terrorists, lamenting that they are victims of the insurgents’ atrocities.
