After years of sheltering thousands displaced by insurgency, Bo,rno State's largest IDP camp outside Maiduguri is officially shutting down. Governor Babagana Umara Zulum says the move marks a new phase in the state's recovery efforts, with Gwoza expected to follow within weeks.

According to cbinewstv, Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has ordered the immediate closure of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Bama, the largest displacement camp outside Maiduguri, while revealing that the Gwoza camp will also be shut down soon.

Speaking in Gwoza on Thursday after inspecting the Government Secondary School IDP camp, Governor Zulum said the Bama camp was set to close by midday following a comprehensive screening exercise carried out there a day earlier.

"We visited Bama yesterday and supervised the screening of IDPs, and by 12 noon, Bama IDP camp should be closed," the governor said. "Today we are here in Gwoza, we have profiled all of them, and Insha Allah, within the next two or three weeks this camp will also be closed."

Zulum explained that the closures are possible because relative peace has returned to many communities that were once under the control of Boko Haram insurgents. Over the past seven years, the Borno State Government has resettled residents in several communities across Bama Local Government Area, including Darajamal, Nguro Soye, Goniri, Banki, Abbaram, Ngoshe, Kirawa and Warabe, among others.

The governor, however, expressed concern over growing criminal activities within some camps. He warned that social vices and security threats were becoming more common, adding that authorities had identified individuals who would be returned to their respective communities.

According to him, there are increasing concerns about Boko Haram and ISWAP elements infiltrating the camps, making the resettlement process even more urgent.

Zulum also raised concerns about the growing number of people leaving their homes and returning to IDP camps simply to access relief materials distributed by humanitarian organisations. He disclosed that the recent screening exercise uncovered a significant number of fake IDPs, stressing that the government could no longer sustain such arrangements.

The governor noted that one year ago, the Gwoza camp had fewer than 400 households, but that figure has now risen to about 3,000 households, many of whom are residents already living within the town.

He assured that the government would focus on ensuring that all returns and resettlements are sustainable, adding that more IDP camps across the state would be closed before the end of his administration.

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