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| This handout picture released by the Nigerian army on April 30, 2015 and taken this week in an undisclosed location in the Sambisa Forest, Borno state, purportedly shows a group of women and children rescued in an operation against the Islamist group Boko Haram. Boko Haram hostages were held in atrocious conditions in the group’s Sambisa Forest stronghold, Nigeria’s military said on April 30 after nearly 500 women and girls were released this week. AFP PHOTO / NIGERIAN ARMY |
Confirming the development to NAN in Yola, NEMA Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Sani Datti, said that the military had informed the agency that the victims, with the support of armed personnel , were on their way to Yola.
“Presently. I will not confirm to you where exactly the rescued victims are, but according to the military sources, they are on their way to Yola.
“So we are waiting for their arrival to receive them as the army is set to hand them over to us,” Datti said.
Yola
– A team from the National Emergency Management Agency ( NEMA) on
Friday arrived Yola, the Adamawa capital, to receive the 293 women and
girls rescued by Nigerian soldiers from BokoHaram
camps in Sambisa forest.
The army authorities on Tuesday confirmed the rescue of the women and girls.
Confirming the development to NAN in Yola, NEMA Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Sani Datti, said that the military had informed the agency that the victims, with the support of armed personnel , were on their way to Yola.
“Presently. I will not confirm to you where exactly the rescued victims are, but according to the military sources, they are on their way to Yola.
“So we are waiting for their arrival to receive them as the army is set to hand them over to us,” Datti said.
Datti also said that the agency had put all necessary arrangements in place to provide a camp for the victims.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/boko-haram-nema-officials-arrive-yola-to-receive-293-rescued-victims/#sthash.PKIuWOQl.dpuf
This
handout picture released by the Nigerian army on April 30, 2015 and
taken this week in an undisclosed location in the Sambisa Forest, Borno
state, purportedly shows a group of women and children rescued in an
operation against the Islamist group Boko Haram. Boko Haram hostages
were held in atrocious conditions in the group’s Sambisa Forest
stronghold, Nigeria’s military said on April 30 after nearly 500 women
and girls were released this week. AFP PHOTO / NIGERIAN ARMY
The army authorities on Tuesday confirmed the rescue of the women and girls.
Confirming the development to NAN in Yola, NEMA Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Sani Datti, said that the military had informed the agency that the victims, with the support of armed personnel , were on their way to Yola.
“Presently. I will not confirm to you where exactly the rescued victims are, but according to the military sources, they are on their way to Yola.
“So we are waiting for their arrival to receive them as the army is set to hand them over to us,” Datti said.
Datti also said that the agency had put all necessary arrangements in place to provide a camp for the victims.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/boko-haram-nema-officials-arrive-yola-to-receive-293-rescued-victims/#sthash.PKIuWOQl.dpuf
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