Borno Police Command has deployed 100 female policemen to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in the state following allegation of abuse of women by camp officials.

The Human Rights Watch, a non-governmental organization, had alleged mass abuse of girls and women by camp officials in its latest report.

Commissioner of Police, Damian Chukwu, said in Maiduguri that his command was taking steps to ensure the protection of IDPs, saying he had also constituted a high powered committee to oversee the running of the camps.

Chukwu said the objective was to further secure the camps and give confidence to the thousands of women in the IDP camps, saying the deployment of women police was also to dig out true happenings in the camps regarding the allegation.

He insisted that prior to the alarm raised by the international Human Rights organisation, the police had not received any complaint on the alleged abuse.

According to him, in Bakassi camp for instance, we have five police units because every Local Government Area in the IDP camp has its DPO and other policemen, with all the complement of law enforcement.

He however said police investigation would unravel the truth of the matter once and for all.