Over 3,000 residents have returned to Damasak town following the
reopening of Maiduguri – Gubio – Damasak Road by the Governor of Borno
State, Kashim Shettima on Sunday.
Most of the returnees who had been earlier displaced by serial
attacks on the community by Boko Haram insurgents, are returning from
Niger Republic and Maiduguri where they had earlier taken refuge.
The IDPs and refugees are returning to Damasak town as troops of the 8
Division of the Nigerian Army are stabilising security in Northern
Borno.
Currently, meetings have been held with Local Government Officials,
Community and village elders, religious leaders, Civilian JTF and
Vigilantes to screen the returnees and work out modalities for their
resettlement.
It could be recall that the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General
Tukur Yusuf Buratai had celebrated Christmas with troops in Damasak
yesterday after the official reopening of the road.
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