Boko Haram Crisis: 2,000 flee Borno to Niger Republic
More than
2,000 Nigerians living in border villages in Borno State have reportedly fled
as a result of the ongoing military operations targeted at routing insurgents
from the area under the emergency rule. The
fleeing villagers were said to have headed to the neighbouring Niger Republic.
“Most of
the residents of border villages of Borno have fled to Niger. About 2,000
people from Abadan, Malam Fatori and other villages are now refugees in Difa,
Niger Republic,” a top security officer said on Sunday.
The source
said that the Joint Military Task Force was on the trail of members of the Boko
Haram sect, who were dislodged from the Sambisa Game Reserve and other camps on
Thursday in Borno State. It was
learnt that residents of Maiduguri and other communities far from the border,
who did not want to be caught in the crossfire had also fled to some
neighbouring states, including Kano and Bauchi.
The
Director of Defence Information, Defence Headquarters, Brig.-Gen. Chris
Olukolade, could not confirm whether the Nigerian villagers had fled to Niger
Republic. Punch is Reporting.
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