fewer than 26,391 internally displaced persons have been registered by the National Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday, as a result of Boko Haram militants attacks on Bama.
According to the Northeast Information Officer of the agency, Mallam AbdulKadir Ibrahim, the influx into Maiduguri from Bama and neighbouring villages as a result of the attack on the commercial town of Bama stood at 26,391 at last count.
Ibrahim said the number is growing by the hour as there are still people trooping into Maiduguri from Bama and neighbouring villages of Konduga and Kawuri.
Bama refugees in Maiduguri
He said the agency has started making arrangements to ensure that they are camped in Maiduguri and provided with adequate relief materials.
SaharaReporters gathers that some of internally displaced person have been from Bama park to NYSC camps, where the state government provides for people affected by the insurgency.
However since Monday, civilians and military have started arriving at Maiduguri from the deserted Bama town.
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