THE Borno State government has given N5 million to victims of bomb blasts during the National Assembly election.
A policewoman and an ad-hoc official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) lost their limbs, legs and eyes. Other survivors are receiving treatment at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH).
The bombs were detonated at Angwan Doki and Abaganaram primary schools at 11.00 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. in Maiduguri while conducting the Legislature’s polls.
Presenting the cheques at the UMTH to the victims, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Baba Ahmed Jidda, said the victims should not be discouraged with the loss of their limbs and eyes in the blast, stating that the administration was touched and disturbed by their conditions.
He assured the policewoman, Rachael John Samari, of government’s support for her immediate recovery and to continue to protect people’s lives and property in the state.
The highest amount of N1 million went to Samari and a final year student of the University of Maiduguri, while the corps members each got N200,000.