Okechukwu Nnodim, AbujaThere was joy at the arrival terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Monday as family members and well-wishers gathered to receive Ali Ahmadu, a six-year-old boy from Chibok in Borno State, who was left paralysed by Boko Haram insurgents. About three months ago, Ahmadu was flown to Dubai for a corrective spinal cord surgery after he was overrun by insurgents’ motorcycles when they invaded Chibok community in April 2014. But on stepping out of the arrival terminal, Ahmadu, who was being moved around on a wheelchair some months ago at the airport, ran to the waiting arms of his uncle, who hugged him. Speaking on behalf of the GIPLC, Mr. Nuhu Kwajafah, said, “Ahmadu was immobile and fast deteriorating, physically and mentally, from 2014 till the first quarter of this year when the GIPLC made contact with him. The organisation facilitated the relevant examination and laboratory tests for assessment and proper medical attention.

Source: Punch December 05, 2017 01:07 UTC