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The Internally Displaced Peoples Camp in Bama Local Government Area of Borno state on Tuesday recorded 358 new arrivals.
The new set of IDPS were collected by the Army during operations from remote villages around Bama.
The group consists of 21 men, a young boy while the others are women and children.
Officials of the UNICEF controlling the health care centre at the Bama camp say so far two leprosy cases and measles among children have been diagnosed among the new arrivals.
Also 20 children are suffering from malnutrition at the “yellow” level while 10 others are at the critical stage known as “red.”
Some of the women said they had trekked for two days without food after their rescue from where they were held captive.
Also, some of the young women and children among those rescued are believed to be spouses of fleeing militants, as suggested by 17 year old Falmata’s comments whose three months old child is among the malnourished.
“We have been staying in Kokoshe, when our husbands go to work and bring some money we buy grains to eat, it is 200 Naira per measure.
“They came and took him to prison, I don’t know what he did. But he is not a Boko Haram member.” She said as she broke down in tears.
More displaced persons are expected to surface as military operations progress.
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