The military task force’s men took the war to the insurgents inside the forest following the terrorists’ attac, killing of over 50 students in College of Agriculture, Gujba, spokesman of the military, Eli Lazarus, said.
“After the attack on the College of Agriculture in Gujba, our men carried out an operation around the axis and a camp of the insurgents was raided and several members of the insurgents were killed in a ground and air strikes carried out by officers and men of the command of the 3 Division special operation, while 15 others were arrested,” Lazarus said.
The military spokesman disclosed that the arrested terrorists “are currently undergoing investigation and are given useful information that will help track down the other hoodlums.”
He said the military was re-strategising to come up with new measures that will arrest the terrorists’ activities.
According to him, the military will continue to strengthen “its collaboration with the civil populace, so that timely and useful information can be divulged in maintaining peace in the state and the country.”
Meanwhile, Governor Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe has released N133 million to support the 300 patients and victims of Boko Haram attacks, whose condition requires medical treatment outside the state.
Geidam said yesterday that the measure was part of ongoing effort to provide succour to the less privileged in the interim, “as the government works to reposition the state’s health sector through massive renovation of hospitals and provision of equipments and drugs.
“Some of the conditions/procedures for which the patients were supported by the government on the state medical board include kidney transplant, open heart surgery, cardiac catheterization, spinal cord surgery, knee and hip replacement therapy and several orthopaedic and ophthalmology cases, referred to hospitals within the country, including Dala Orthopaedic Hospital, National Eye Centre, Kaduna and other hospitals in India and Egypt.”
Among the 300 patients, 18 are to receive assistance to undergo knee and hip replacement therapy and other orthopaedic procedures to treat gunshot wounds sustained in various attacks by criminals and insurgents.
This number, according to the governor, also includes less privileged patients with chronic conditions, such as advanced diabetes and chronic liver disease, who require regular medication but are not in a position to provide their own.
“Already, renovation works on the general hospital in Buni Yadi, Damaturu and Damagum have reached advanced stages and more hospitals are scheduled to come on stream before the year runs out,” Geidam said.
He stressed that the newly built 200-bed hospital in Damaturu will also be equipped soon, to provide the specialist medical care, adding that the government now supports some patients in difficult conditions to seek treatment outside the state.
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