Boko Haram: Army frees three recaptured Borno local government areas for relocation

Boko Haram: Army frees three recaptured Borno local government areas for relocation

The Nigerian Army today said three of the 20 local government areas of Borno State recaptured from the Boko Haram members are now free to be inhabited by fleeing residents.

The three local government areas include Konduga, Bama and Gwoza and as a preliminary step towards relocating the local governments and building the confidence of the fleeing residents of the area to return back, camps have been built in the towns.

The Nigerian army has also commenced medical outreach aimed at giving free medical treatment to those affected by the insurgency in the liberated towns.

Speaking to journalists while conducting them round one of the liberated town, Konduga, where he visited the medical outreach established by the Nigerian army in the town, the Commander of the 7 Division of the Nigerian army with headquarters in Maiduguri, Major General Lamidi Adeosun, said Maiduguri has been overstretched and there is immediate need for the fleeing residents to return to their towns and villages.

He explained that in order to do this, the confidence of the people need to be rebuilt and one of the ways to do this is by putting in place the needed infrastructure which informed the decision of the Nigerian army to establish medical outreach to take care of the health needs of the returning residents.

He disclosed that the medical outreach in Konduga has already treated about 1,000 IDPs from about 20 surrounding villages of the town.

Adeosun said the medical outreach which was initially introduced in Maiduguri was extended yesterday to Konduga and will consequently be moved to other liberated towns to rebuild the confidence of the people of the areas to return back home.