National Management Emergency Agency (NEMA) yesterday said it had evacuated 121 displaced Nigerians from Cameroon. Information Offi cer, NEMA North-east, Abdulkadir Ibrahim, said in a statement that the displaced persons were evacuated to Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. Ibrahim said the displaced persons fl ed their homes in the wake of Boko Haram attack in Ngala local government area of the state. “About 121 displaced persons of Ngala local government area returned from Cameroun through Mubi in Adamawa state.
Th e returnees were transported back to Maiduguri accompanied by offi cials of NEMA and State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA),” he said. Ibrahim added that the displaced persons were camped at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Gubio. Th e News Agency of Nigeria recalls that over 46, 000 persons had returned to Nigeria from Cameroun in the past months. Th e displaced persons were currently taking shelter at various IDPs camps at Banki and Maiduguri.
