Damboa Capture: 11 Women Delivered At IDPS Camps

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday revealed that 11 women have been delivered of babies at the two camps it established for people displaced from Damboa as a result of the capture of the town last weekend by the Boko Haram insurgents.

It also revealed that about 10,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have been registered at the two camps established in Biu town, about 100 kilometres away from Damboa town.

The agency, in a statement by it's Northeast zonal information officer, Mallam AbdulKadir Ibrahim, revealed that two truckloads of relief materials have been sent to Biu to take care of the IDPs.

According to Ibrahim. ten of the women who gave birth had normal deliveries at the camps while a lone woman had to be taken to the General Hospital, Biu where she was delivered after a Caesarean Session (CS).

Ibrahim said the newly delivered mothers were apart from the normal relief materials, also given some toys, feeding bottles and baby food for the needs of the newly delivered babies.

The spokesman who revealed that the staff of the Northeast zonal office of NEMA have been working in conjunction with other stakeholders like the Nigerian Civil Defence Corps and the Red Cross to provide succour to those in the two camps, said the two camps were established at the Government Girls Secondary School and Central Primary School, both within Biu.

He said the Zonal Coordinator of NEMA North East, Alhaji Muhammed Kanar led the team of officials from the agency office in Maiduguri for the exercise.

According to him, they arrived Biu on Tuesday and may be leaving for Maiduguri on Friday to plan further strategies for other numerous campsites for IDPs in the zone.

It would be recalled that the agency has IDPs from Damboa in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state and Goniri in Yobe state.

Ibrahim who also spoke from Biu, said the camps are daily populated, disclosing that apart from about 10,000 already at the Biu camps, "as I am speaking to you two buses brought in IDPs from Damboa and the numbers continue to grow by the day."

It was gathered that the team from NEMA was also at the Emir of Biu palace to pay homage on the paramount ruler, Mai Umar Mustapha Aliyu to thank him for his support to the IDPs.