Insurgency: NEMA expedites action to assist families vacating Borno community

Joseph Inokotong, Abuja

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has announced that it is doubling effort in responding to victims of Boko Haram attacks evacuated from Jakana community in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno.

The Information Officer, NEMA’s Northeast Zonal office, Mr. Abdulkadir Ibrahim, made the disclosure in a statement on Tuesday.

Mr. Ibrahim said the affected families were evacuated by the military in furtherance of the ongoing clearance operations against the Boko Haram insurgents.

Although he did not give details on the numbers of the affected persons, Mr. Ibrahim stated that they were evacuated to Bakassi Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp, Maiduguri.

He said the agency, in collaboration with other humanitarian organisations and stakeholders, had mobilised resources to support the displaced persons.

The statement reads in part: “Residents of Jakana community in Konduga Local Government Area, located on Maiduguri – Damaturu Highway, have been evacuated by the military’’.

He said the displaced persons were evacuated to Maiduguri for their safety in view of the ongoing operations to flush out insurgents in the area.

According to him, ‘‘Camp’s officials consisting of various stakeholders in humanitarian response are mobilising resources to cater for their basic needs after registration and profiling”.