Artificial limbs give hope to Boko Haram amputees

KANO, Nigeria - Njidda Maidugu breaks into a broad smile as he wobbles on his artificial leg with the support of crutches as a nurse walks alongside, helping him to keep his balance.

Maidugu, 35, never thought he would walk on two legs again after he lost his right limb in a Boko Haram suicide bomb attack at a checkpoint in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, in 2016.

"It feels like a miracle to walk with two legs again, I'm happy," the fuel station attendant said at the National Orthopedic Hospital in the northern city of Kano.