The Principal Medical Director of Gubio General Hospital, Borno State, Dr. Geidam Bulama, who was abducted in March 2022, by the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP), has regained freedom.
Bulama was abducted last year when ISWAP attacked Gubio Local Government Area which is about 70kms from Maiduguri.
According to a report, Zagazola Makama, a Counter- Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad Region, reported that during the abduction of Bulama, the insurgents had promised his wife that they would not kill him.
Sources said that the insurgents took Bulama and other abducted victims to the fringes of Lake Chad where he was forced to treat wounded fighters and their families for several months.
A source said efforts of the state government and the security agencies led to the release of Bulama.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that before he was abducted last year, Bulama was the only doctor covering the entire Gubio Local Government Area.
“It is very unfortunate that the security situation in Gubio town is deteriorating these days, as we have started witnessing Boko Haram invasion without confrontation,” a resident disclosed shortly after the abduction of Bulama.
The sources did not disclose if a ransom was paid before his release of Bulama.
Recall that residents of Gubio town near Maiduguri, Borno State, had shed light on the abduction of Bulama.
Bulama, said to be the only doctor covering the entire Gubio local government area, was abducted by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists from his residence near a military formation.
A resident said the assailants returned about 30 minutes after abducting the doctor and set houses on fire.
“It is very unfortunate that the security situation in Gubio town is deteriorating these days, as we have started witnessing Boko Haram invasion without confrontation,” the resident said.
“Unlike before where the former Caretaker Chairman of Gubio, Hon Modu Gubio used to allocates resources to the security apparatus and provision of operational vehicles to our Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF/hunters/Vigilantes in complementing efforts of the military and other security agencies in the council, the present administration under the Chairman, Bukar Sulum Zowo is not doing anything in these regards; the neglect aggravated the recent attacks.”
The council chairman Zowo debunked the allegations, saying “I want to debunk that no Boko Haram member set a house ablaze in Gubio. It was a fire incident which is a natural disaster that took place a day before the abduction.