Maiduguri Flood: NAF deploy personnel, donates trucks for evacuation of victims
By Ladi Dapson, Maiduguri
The Nigerian Air Force has donated heavy duty trucks to support the rescue operations team of the flood victims in Maiduguri and its environs.
Recalled that the flood disasters which affected 70 percent of Maiduguri Metropolis and its adjoining communities with over 1,000,000 individuals displaced and large numbers of structures destroyed.
Air Component Commander of Operation Hadin Kai Joint Task Force Northeast, Air Commodore UU Idris visited the Shehu of Borno, Alh Umar Ibn Garbai Elkanemi, where he offered sympathy message following the devastating flood that wrecked havoc on Maiduguri city.
He donated heavy duty trucks and NAF personnel to assist other security agencies in the evacuation of the flood victims in the various areas affected.
As part of assessment of the general situation, the Air Component Commander visited the Ngomari IDP Camp which is a host community of the NAF Base Maiduguri and rendered welfare advocacies including food, essential commodities and security to the IDPs.
Similarly, the NAF conducted an astounding Medical Outreach in response to the situation where over 2000 victims with critical medical conditions were given free drugs and mosquito nets.
Medical checkups and test were also administered to the victims for optimal health care delivery.
The NAF Medical Team assisted in taking delivery of one of the victims who gave birth to a baby last night and currently under maternity care at the camp.
The Air Component Commander pledged for more support and assistance to the flood victims.
Idris also visited the Monday Market, State Zoo, Cemetery, AVM AM Daggash (Rtd) resident and Unimaid amongst other places.