Yemi Osinbajo, Acting President, has arrived Maiduguri, Borno State, a day after Boko Haram killed at least 10 and injured more than 40 in Jiddari Polo area of the state capital.

The attack occurred while soldiers were battling to repel an initial onslaught by insurgents trying to invade the city via the southern flank.

Nevertheless, Osinbajo arrived the city on Thursday to flag off the federal government’s grain distribution programme in the north-east.

He visited the palace of Shehu of Borno, on arrival, where he said “it is in the heart of President Buhari that the federal government feeds the internally displaced persons (IDPs)”.

Laolu Akande, his spokesman, said he was in the company of Kashim Shettima, Borno State Governor; Bindo Jibrilla; Abubakar Alli, Deputy Governor of Yobe State; Babagana Monguno; senators and some ministers.

Speaking at the internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp, Kashim Shettima, Governor of Borno State said he had thought the Acting President would cancel the flag-off as a result of the attacks.

The Federal Government Grain Distribution Programme aims to distribute food to 1.8 million persons affected by insurgency in the north-east.

According to the presidency, the distribution is expected to be carried out by officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in partnership with State Emergency Management Agencies (SEMAs) and international humanitarian agencies.

The first phase of the programme being flagged off by the acting President involves 30,000 metric tonnes of grains, comprising maize, sorghum and soya beans grown locally by Nigerian farmers and purchased from Nigerian companies.