Borno State Governor, Prof Babagana Zulum, has ordered the immediate closure of the internally displaced persons camp in Bama Local Government Area, citing infiltration and a rise in criminal activities within the camp.
The governor announced this on Thursday in Gwoza Local Government Area, shortly after an assessment visit to the Government Secondary School IDP camp.
Addressing the residents, the governor said, “We visited Bama yesterday and supervised the screening of IDPs, and by 12 noon (Thursday), the Bama IDP camp should be closed.
“Today we are here in Gwoza, we have profiled all of them, and insha Allah, in the next two or three weeks, this camp will also be closed.”
The governor said the move follows the relative peace prevailing in most communities hitherto occupied by Boko Haram insurgents.
He expressed deep concern over the rising criminality within IDP camps, pointing to the proliferation of illicit activities that
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