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Army rescues two more Chibok girls in Borno

October 22, 2022 No Comments

Two more Chibok girls, Yana Pogu and Rejoice Sanki, have been rescued by Nigerian troops in Borno.

Theatre Commander, North-East Joint Operation, Hadin Kai, Major General Christopher Musa, confirmed the rescue operation.

Presenting the girls to the media, General Officer, Commanding 7 Division, Maiduguri, Major General Shuaibu Waidi, said the girls would be handed over to the Borno State Government, after undergoing medical examination with their children.

Waidi said Pogu, who is number 19 on the abducted Chibok girls’ list, was rescued on September 29 2022 with four children; two boys and twin girls, in Mairari village, Bama Local Government Area, by troops of 21 Armoured Brigade during a clearance patrol.

Rejoice Sanki, who is number 70 on the list of Chibok girls, was rescued on October 2, with her two children by troops of 222 Battalion in Kawuri area.

Musa, who also announced the opening of a new camp for hosting repentant Boko Haram members that were surrendering, assured that the new camp was in a safe area where the military could secure it.

In the last five months, 13 Chibok girls have been rescued by the military. So far, out of the 276 girls abducted by the terrorists in 2014, about 96 are still in captivity.

Lifestyle

Four children suffer varying degrees of injuries after an IED they found while playing in Borno explodes

August 19, 2022 No Comments

Four children identified as Uwa, Umar, Hussaini, and Abdullahi had to be hospitalized after suffering varying degrees of injuries after an unexploded ordinance went off while they were playing in their home in Ngala community.

Dogo Shettima, who is the Special Assistant to the Borno state Governor on Reconstruction Rehabilitation & Resettlement (MRRR), Humanitarian shared photos of the children in the hospital receiving treatment and said they are in their recovery stages.

“Uwa, Umar, Hussaini and Abdullahi were playing outside their home in Ngala, when they found a strange object.

Unaware of what it was, the children were curious. Unfortunately, the strange object turned out to be an Unexploded Ordnance (UXO).

Before they knew it, it had detonated.The boys suffered severe injuries and were immediately transported by the @ICRC_Nigeria helicopter to the State Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri.

The children received life-saving surgical care at the hospital, and they are at the recovery stage now.

The use of explosive weapons in populated areas is very likely to have indiscriminate effects and pose a great risk to the general population. Children are at high risk of death, injury, mental trauma and disability when they live in proximity to Unexploded Ordnance.

It is also important to remind children to avoid picking up suspicious and unknown objects. In fact, children and adults alike should not move suspicious and unknown objects from where they find them, inform or call for assistance from community leaders and the authorities.”

World News

Jihadists Seize Military Base In Borno.

January 16, 2021 No Comments

“The priority now is to reclaim the base from the terrorists and an operation is underway,” the news agency quoted a source as saying.

Jihadists aligned with the Islamic State militant group have captured a military base in Borno state after overnight clashes with troops.

According to AFP, machine-gun wielding fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacked the base in the town of Marte in the Lake Chad area overnight Friday into Saturday.

“The priority now is to reclaim the base from the terrorists and an operation is underway,” the news agency quoted a source as saying.

“We took a hit from ISWAP terrorists. They raided the base in Marte after a fierce battle.”

He said the army “incurred losses” but it was not clear how many people had died or the level of destruction inflicted by the insurgents.

Last week, the jihadists attacked the Marte base but were repelled, prompting them to mobilise more fighters for the overnight raid.

In November last year, Nigerian government officials began the phased return of residents to Marte six years after the jihadists pushed them out.

The town, 130 kilometres (80 miles) from the regional capital Maiduguri, was once considered the Lake Chad region’s breadbasket.

Politics, World News

Farmers Killed By Boko Haram Didn’t Have Military Permission To Farm- Garba Shehu

November 30, 2020 No Comments

Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity has disclosed that the farmers slaughtered by Boko Haram terrorists on Saturday didn’t have military clearance to be on the farm.

This he stated on Monday during an interview with the BBC where he spoke about the unfortunate incident in which terrorists on Saturday, mercilessly killed not less than 43 farmers in the Zabarmari area of Borno State, about 20km away from Maiduguri the state capital.

Shehu in a reaction to the sad incident noted that while most of the area has been liberated from the insurgents, the military needs to give clearance/approval before farmers can return to their farms or locals resettle in the area.
He however noted that the farmers killed on Saturday didn’t have military clearance to be on the farms.

Asked if it was not a case of blaming the farmers for their own death, the presidential spokesperson said the victims are not been blamed but the truth must be said.

In his words, “The government is sad that this tragic incident has happened. 43 or thereabout of innocent farm workers, most of them had their throats slit by a heartless band of terrorists. People need to know what it is like in the Lake Chad Basin area.

Mallam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity has disclosed that the farmers slaughtered by Boko Haram terrorists on Saturday didn’t have military clearance to be on the farm.

This he stated on Monday during an interview with the BBC where he spoke about the unfortunate incident in which terrorists on Saturday, mercilessly killed not less than 43 farmers in the Zabarmari area of Borno State, about 20km away from Maiduguri the state capital.

Shehu in a reaction to the sad incident noted that while most of the area has been liberated from the insurgents, the military needs to give clearance/approval before farmers can return to their farms or locals resettle in the area.

“Much of those areas have been liberated from Boko Haram terrorists but there are a number of spaces that have not been cleared for the return of villagers who have been displaced. So, ideally, all of these places ought to pass the test of military clearances before farmers or settlers resume activities on those fields.”

He added that before the people can return to such places, lots of military clearance needs to be done to make it habitable again for civilians.
The military is not present in every inch of space in that area. Even if the people are willing to go back, a lot of those areas have been mined and mine clearance needs to be carried out and those areas must be cast as being ok for human habitation or agricultural activity,” he said.

Meanwhile, Nigerians have renewed their calls for President Buhari to sack the current service chiefs and bring in fresh hands to tackle the growing insecurity in the country.