The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen.
T.Y Buratai has said that, the most important thing for the military is to
ensure that all Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs return to their villages
after the military has liberated most of the villages across the state, but
wondered why the IDPs are still living in camps across the state.
Buratai stated this on Thursday
while answering questions from journalists during a round of free medical
outreach by the medical corps of the Nigerian Army, at the NYSC IDPs camp,
which is currently housing 17,678 victims of the Boko Haram insurgency from
three local government areas of Borno state.
The Army Chief, who said he had
gone round the council areas including Bama, which is most affected by the Boko
Haram Crises, said, he was surprised that the IDPs were still in camps even
with the fact that the military have cleared and liberated some of the affected
areas.
Earlier, the Acting Corps
Commander, medical (CCM) of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Clifford
Wanda, said, the one peculiar thing with the ongoing medical outreach at the
NYSC camp was the effort to reach out to every vulnerable person, not only the
IDPs as such, as there is no specific target of persons to be consulted.
He also thanked the Chief of Army
staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, the Theatre Commander, Major General Ibrahim
Attahiru and the General Officer Commanding 7 Division, Nigerian Army,
Brigadier General Ibrahim Manu Yusuf for the support.
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