About 15,204 persons have been displaced by the attack on Damboa town, Borno State, at the weekend, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has said.
Speaking to journalists in Maiduguri on Monday, the North-East information officer of the agency, AbdulKadir Ibrahim, said the internally displaced persons were, at present, seeking refuge in Biu and Maiduguri, both in Borno State and Goniri in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State.
According to Ibrahim, the number of displaced persons in Biu as of Monday stood at 10,204, 3,000 in Maiduguri, while 2,000 were recorded in Goniri, adding that the displaced people were not only from Damboa town, but also from surrounding locations of Kimba, Madaragrau, Mandafuma, Chikwar Kir, Bomburatai and Sabon Kwatta.
He said that the agency had concluded plan to take relief materials to the displaced persons, said “NEMA is going for camp management in the aforementioned locations, to cater for the needs of the displaced people.”
According to Ibrahim, the initial assessment indicated that those displaced required basic household items, including plates, spoons, towels, cups, clothings, beddings, food items, blankets, mosquito nets and sanitary pads.
