The Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Tuesday, announced the closure of Government Senior Science Secondary School, Monguno IDPs camp.
Periscope Nigeria reports that there have been threats by terrorists to attack Monguno in Northern Borno State.
With the closure of the Monguno camp, the state government has closed no fewer than 13 official IDPs camps since 2018.
GSSSS Monguno IDPs camp, about 120 km from Maiduguri, now houses over 100,000 IDPs drawn from parts of Kukawa, Nganzai, Marte and Guzamala LGAs displaced by the Boko Haram insurgents.
Recent investigations reveal that following a systematic flow of arms and fighters from the Sahel ISIS to lend more strength to ISWAP around the Lake Chad Basin, the terrorists have marked Monguno, Marte and Abadan, all in Northern Borno, for decisive attacks.
However, Governor Zulum, apparently satisfied with the level of security and peace restored at some of the communities, said the closure of the Monguno IDPs camp was to pave way for the rehabilitation of the school to facilitate the resumption of academic activities.
Zulum was on an inspection visit at the camp to assess the extent of destruction resulting from Boko Haram attack and the prolonged use by internally displaced persons (IDPs).
He stated that the IDPs would be relocated to occupy the 1,000 resettlement houses built at the town for citizens affected by the over one decade old Boko Haram insurgency.
Monguno’s 1,000 houses is part of the housing intervention that forms over 10,000 resettlement houses constructed by Zulum’s administration since 2019.
The Governor also noted that IDPs who are from communities and villages that attain relative peace will be returned, particularly those from Kekeno, mile 90 and Yoyo among others.
He said Borno State Government will provide a ressetlement package to those that are willing to return to their ancestral lands.
“We will return those of you from communities which have attained relative peace, everyone that is willing to return will be provided with a resettlement package to pick up the pieces of their lives,” Zulum said.
