An Anglican church in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in
northern Nigeria, is building a clinic and trauma centre for the victims
of Boko Haram attacks.
The Bishop of the Maiduguri Diocese, the Most Rev. Emmanuel Mani, said the trauma centre will be open to people of all faiths.
“What [the government] told us is not to restrict the hospital to the
church only, but to make it open to other faith [sic], aside [from] the
IDPs [internally displaced people], so that all communities will
benefit from the gesture,” he said, as reported by Premium Times.
“This is a diocesan hospital for all of us. We are going to use our
doctors, nurses, and all health workers – both retired and serving – to
render services for the community, and we hope [these] services would be
free of charge.”
As World Watch Monitor reported
in September 2015, Maiduguri has borne the brunt of Boko Haram’s
attacks, but an improvement to the city’s security last summer allowed
visitors in for the first time in about two years.
Nigeria’s military then said it had recaptured villages and rescued
90 people in a process that involved the “continuous elimination” of the
group from Nigerian territory.
However, after two months without an attack, a 20 Sept. bomb blast
left at least 54 dead and 90 injured, and an audio message purportedly
from Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau called the Nigerian army “liars”
for saying troops had regained territory.
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