293 Rescued Girls, Women Go For Rehabilitation In Yola

The 293 women and girls rescued from the Boko Haram insurgents have been moved to Yola, the Adamawa state capital, for rehabilitation .

A source closed to the military formations in Yola has revealed that the victims had left Maiduguri, the state capital of Borno state on Friday by road under tight military security to arrive Yola on the same day.

The source said the military was planning to hand over the victims to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for proper care and rehabilitation following their experience in the hands of the insurgents.

A rehabilitation centre has already been designated for them in Yola, with a team of experts to attend to their psychological and medical needs so as bring them back to normal life.

Some of them are mentally unstable because of the maltreatment in the hands of Boko Haram and the unfavourable environment they were living in before they were rescued by the military.