Binos Free Medical Outreach Treats 2,444 Patients in Lafiya, Lamurde

The outreach was one of a series of free medical programmes the senator has run across the nine local government areas of the Adamawa Southern Senatorial District. Lamurde has been a regular stop. The senator said earlier outreaches were held at Gyawana and in Lamurde town before the Lafiya event.

Dr Jama Medan coordinates the senator’s medical outreaches. He has put the programme’s total at close to 114,000 people treated across Adamawa South since 2019. The Gazette examined that figure in an earlier feature.

Dr Medan, leader of the Binos Medical Team, said about 34 surgeries were carried out during the day. That is about 1.4 per cent of the 2,444 patients the team reports. Most people who came to the centre did not need surgery. Dr Medan said the team also reached communities that are hard to get to.

Patients came from rural communities around Lafiya. Mrs Tereza B. Abalis, Facility Manager of the Primary Healthcare Centre Lafiya-Waja described the turnout as large. She praised the professionalism of the medical team.

The Gazette has covered this kind of outreach before. An earlier free outreach at Ndikong, in Mayo-Belwa Local Government Area, treated nearly 2,000 residents. It carried out at least 10 day-care surgeries, which are operations that do not need an overnight stay. The senator commissioned a new mobile hospital there. Our report asked who paid for that hospital.

Malam Ibrahim Usman, 97, had lived with a hernia for 45 years. The medical team operated on him at the outreach. “I lack words to thank Senator Binos for giving me another chance to live healthy,” he said. “At my old age, I thought I would go to my grave with this disease.” ‘Malam’ is a Hausa title of respect.

Salome Thomas, 54, had lived with a disease for more than 15 years. She said she had been to many hospitals but could not pay for treatment. At a hospital in Gombe State, she was quoted ₦700,000 for surgery. Her family could not raise the money, so she went home without treatment. “But today, Senator Binos has treated me for free,” she said.

Abdullahi Mohammed, 63, had lived with a lipoma for more than 20 years. A lipoma is a harmless fatty lump under the skin. He had surgery at the outreach. “I am feeling better,” he said. He expected to be able to walk home on his own feet.

Malama Salamatu Adamu, 71, spoke about her 12-year-old grandson, Sadiq. Sadiq had lived with a hernia for about seven years. The family could not pay for a hospital visit. Sadiq had surgery at the outreach, which she described as successful. “We did not have money to take him to the hospital,” she said. Malama is a Hausa title of respect for a woman.

Several beneficiaries described the senator as the best the district has had. Others said the free services had changed their families’ situation. Many said they had no other way to afford treatment.

Senator Binos Dauda Yaroe toured the outreach and spoke to reporters. He said he had chosen to keep providing free medical care rather than focus fully on political campaigning. “I cannot be distracted by political campaigns,” he said. “I have a mandate, and it is to provide essential democracy dividends for my people.”

The senator pointed to other recent programmes, including empowerment schemes and the provision of industrial boreholes. Solar-powered irrigation pumps for farmers are another example, and The Gazette has covered them separately. He said health care is “key and fundamental” to the wellbeing of his constituents. He also said Lamurde had benefited a great deal from his outreaches.

The senator said the outreaches are his way of campaigning. “We cannot just come and fill the ears of people with talking and promises,” he said. “We want them to feel, see and touch it by themselves.”

Free surgery programmes are not unique to Adamawa. In Kebbi State, the state chapter of the National Council of Women Societies recently praised the state’s First Lady, Zainab Nasare Nasir Idris, and the Nasara Foundation. The two sponsor free surgeries and medication. The council said poor women in rural and semi-urban communities are among the main beneficiaries.

In Adamawa, the state government marked Independence Day on 1 October 2026 by visiting hospitals. Officials visited patients and newborn babies at the Adamawa State University Teaching Hospital and Modibbo Adama University Teaching Hospital. They also offered support to families receiving care.

Much of the political talk centred on the 2027 general elections. The senator is seeking a third term in the Senate. Malam Usman said the senator had already given residents “enough reasons” to vote for him again.

Several speakers said their community supports the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Mrs Abalis said residents would give the senator “massive votes” at the polls next year. She declared support for the party and all its candidates.

Dr Medan called on residents of Lamurde Local Government Area to vote for the senator under the ADC for a third term. He praised the senator’s commitment to free medical care for his constituents.

The senator also addressed a court matter about former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s presidential candidacy. He said claims that a court ruling had strengthened Mr Abubakar’s position as the ADC’s presidential candidate were wrong. His reason was that a judge of a federal high court cannot sit on an appeal against a decision of another judge of the same court. He said the matter had been appealed and expected the Court of Appeal to reverse the judgement. The Gazette has not independently verified the status of this case.

The figures in this report come from the medical team and the event’s organisers. They include 2,444 patients and about 34 surgeries. The Gazette has not independently verified them. Beneficiaries’ accounts are reported as they gave them. Political statements, including calls to vote and expressions of party support, are the speakers’ own views, and this report does not endorse them.

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