LAST week reported massacre of 44 persons in Dumba village of Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State, displaced of over 4000 persons, National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, said Monday.
This came as two babies were delivered in the camp.
It would be recalled that suspected Boko Haram members terrorizing some states in the North, stormed Dumba Village located few kilometers away from Baga town and slaughtered 44 persons while many surviving residents fled the area for safety.
NEMA in a release by its North-East zonal information officer, Abdulkadir Ibrahim, said over 4,000 internally displaced persons, IDPS, were registered in Baga town by NEMA.
He said those displaced were mostly fishermen and farmers from Dumba village which was attacked by unknown gunmen on August 20, 2013.
Ibrahim said the zonal coordinator of the agency; Alhaji Muhammed Kanar, led a team of officers to register the IDPS in a camp located at the Central Primary School in Baga town.
According to him, the displaced persons were provided with mattresses, blankets, mosquito nets, buckets, cups, plates, wax prints, guinea brocade, bathing soap, sanitary pads, and detergents.
He also disclosed that they were provided with food items like rice, maize, guinea corn, millet, vegetable oil, palm oil, indomie, salt, sugar and milk.
It was gathered that the NEMA team were led to the camp by security agents from the Joint Task Force, JTF, and assisted at the camp by Red Cross and other stakeholders.
The Chairman of Baga Local Government Area, Lawal Alhaji kole, who was at the camp to receive the NEMA officials, extended his appreciation to the Federal Government for providing succour to the people at the time of their need.
Speaking on behalf of the displaced persons, Ali Kufayi, expressed appreciation to NEMA under the leadership of Alhaji Muhammed Sani Sidi, for its prompt response and for providing relief materials to the community that was attacked and looted by insurgents.
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