The Nigerian military Tuesday night foiled an attack by Boko Haram insurgents on Gwoza town, Borno, North East, Nigeria. However, in the aftermath of the attack aid workers deployed in the town are fleeing the town, according to Thisday. Gwoza, was where boko haram declared the headquarters of its caliphate at the peak of the Boko Haram expansionist reign in the North-east of the insurgents.
The report quoted John Ali, a resident of Gwoza who said that “The attempt by Boko Haram to overrun the town, which was successfully repelled by the Nigerian military, had made NGOs in the town to start taking their leave.”
Ali said: “As we speak, all the staff of the NGOs are heading towards the helipad awaiting helicopters, for immediate evacuation to Maiduguri.”
He added: “The movement of NGOs out of Gwoza town would portend danger in terms of food, social and medical needs to the larger population of the tens of hundreds of returnees who are beginning to settle down and pick up the pieces of their lives.”
