The main question it aims to answer are:~• What is the feasibility in terms of recruitment, retention, adherence to the intervention and communities/victims' satisfaction with Gi-CBT to promote healing and improve the successful reintegration of of former Boko Haram terrorists' members and their families.into society?~Participants will be randomly allocated into two groups. The first group, the intervention group, will receive the Group integrated Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Gi-CBT). The second group will receive government intervention involving media messages from the National Orientation Agency devoid of GiCBT.~Researchers will compare Gi-CBT group with the media orientation group to see if there are differences between a change in attitude towards ex-offenders' reintegration at base line, end of intervention and three months follow up.
The project aims to make significant contributions that change the conversation in communities and policy circles through promoting knowledge of nonviolent peace strategies using the Group integrated Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Gi-CBT) to help heal trauma, improve peace, and encourage positive rehabilitation and reintegration of former Boko Haram terrorists' members and their families.