Nigeria's military authorities on Sunday moved 275 women and children to a relief camp, days after rescuing them from Boko Haram's stronghold in the Sambisa forest, the state-run emergency agency said. The freed hostages, among almost 700 women and children rescued from Boko Haram's clutches last week, had been traumatised and malnourished by their ordeal, the military said.
They were taken to the camp in Yola for profiling, counselling and rehabilitation.
"The 23 Armoured Brigade of the Nigerian Army based in Yola, Adamawa State, has handed over 275 rescued women and children from the insurgents in Sambisa forest to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for rehabilitation," the agency said in a statement.
NEMA chief Muhammad Sani Sidi said the agency had made the necessary arrangements for trauma counselling and other forms of assistance to enable the hostages recover and return to normal life. Sani Datti, the spokesman for the agency, told AFP the personal data of the hostages had been recorded.
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