Over 3,000 Nigerians Return Home After Clearance Of Boko Haram Terrorists
MEP: Over 3,000 refugees and internally displaced in Nigeria’s northeast as a result of a seven-year terrorist campaign by the Boko Haram terrorists have returned to Damasak town, where they will celebrate the Yuletide period with troops taking part in Operation Lafiya Dole and led by Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, the chief of army staff.
According to pictures shared by Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman on Monday, December 26, the locals returned to their houses.
“Following the clearance of Boko Haram terrorists stronghold in Sambisa forest and confidence building visit to celebrate the Yuletide period with troops in Operation LAFIYA DOLE by the hierarchy of the Nigerian Army led by the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General TY Buratai, over 3,000 refugees and internally displaced persons returned to Damasak town, Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno State today.
“To receive the returnees was a combined team of Local Government Officials, traditional rulers, village elders, and religious leaders. Similarly, the Military, Civilian JTF and Vigilantes screened the returnees.”
“We are going to make it more robust to make sure that these criminals do not come back to that forest again,” he said on his official Facebook page.
Damasak is a town in the country’s northeastern state of Borno, which was the worst hit by the Boko Haram militancy. The town was seized by the Takfiri militants in late 2014.
He said the returnees went through military security checks on their arrival and were then greeted by local government authorities and community leaders.
