BY NDAHI MARAMA

MAIDUGURI—The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, said yesterday that it had presented relief materials to about 300 Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, occasioned by last Monday’s attack by suspected members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect on military formations in Maiduguri.

The Army has, however, denied the claim.
NEMA’s North-East Information Officer, Malam Abdulkadir Ibrahim made this known in a statement in Maiduguri.

“NEMA has carried out an assessment on the immediate requirements of the victims of the incident. We have presented initial relief materials like beddings and mosquito nets to the victims at the 33 Artillery Brigade Barracks where we have 300 IDPs whose residences were affected by the terrorists,” Ibrahim said.

Reacting, Spokesman of the 7 divission Nigerian Army, Col Mohammed Dole said the Army was yet to receive such materials as claimed by NEMA.