30,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who fled Borno State at the peak of the Boko Haram insurgency have returned home, the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) says.
According to the spokesperson of the agency, Abdullahi Umar, the figure was part of the 78,000 IDPs that fled the state to Cameroon during the period.
Mr. Umar said in a statement issued in Maiduguri on Wednesday that the returnees were part of the 43,000 IDPs that signified interest to return home adding that the displaced persons were being kept in a camp at Banki in Bama Local Government Area of the state.
A team of SEMA officials had already visited the camp to assess their condition, Mr Umar said.
“The SEMA Executive Secretary, Malam Alkali Goni, has led a delegation of the agency to Banki to assess the conditions of the IDPs,” he said.
The spokesman also said that the IDPs had been assured that the State Government had made adequate provisions for their welfare.
