NEMA meets military on relief for rescued girls

The National Emergency Management Agency
(NEMA) says it has established contact with
the military towards providing support to
hundreds of women rescued from insurgents
hideout in Sambisa forest in Borno.
Abdulkadir Ibrahim, spokesman of the north-
eastern division of the agency, said this in a
statement released in Maiduguri on Sunday.
“NEMA has established contacts with the
military to deliver immediate relief support to
the women that were recently rescued by the
troops from camps of the insurgents in Born,”
Ibrahim said.
He said that NEMA’s director-general,
Muhammad Sidi, sent a team to visit the 7
Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri last
week to begin procedures for providing support
to the women.
“The DG, who was represented by the director
of relief and rehabilitation, Mr Udemezue Ezeh,
said that at the meeting, the agency had
prepared some relief support for immediate
distribution to the rescued women.
“Ezeh presented the items to the military and
requested their assistance in the delivery of the
items to the women. The items presented
included food materials and sanitary items.
“The general officer commanding of the division
was represented by the chief of staff, brig.-Gen.
Hamisu Hassan at the meeting. Hassan
appreciated the prompt response of NEMA and
assured necessary cooperation towards the
support of the women.”
He added that Ezeh visited some IDP camps in
Maiduguri to assess the level of NEMA’s
intervention before leaving for Abuja.
“At the various camps hosting the rescued
IDPs, Ezeh expressed satisfaction with the
arrangements and cooperation among the
stakeholders, including the state officials.
“While flagging off the distribution of more relief
support for the IDPs, he assured that efforts
would be made to address some of the
identified challenges at the camps.”
On three different occasions last week, the
Nigerian military said it rescued hundreds of
girls and women abducted and kept in Sambisa
by Boko Haram.
On Tuesday, it put the figure at 200 girls and 93
women .
Then on Thursday, Sani Usman, acting director
of army public relations, announced that troops
had rescued additional women and children .
The following day, it announced that 234
women and children had also been released
from the grip of the insurgents.
The three liberations, all from Sambisa, are
unconnected with the April 14, 2014 abduction
of more than 200 girls from Chibok, Borno state