Artificial limbs give hope to Boko Haram amputees Njidda Maidugu breaks into a broad smile as he wobbles on his artificial leg with the support of crutches. He never thought he would walk on two legs again after he lost his right limb in a Boko Haram suicide bomb attack in 2016. Boko Haram violence has shattered lives, leaving thousands in Nigeria disabled or dealing with amputations. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is offering free prosthetics to amputees at a workshop it operates in the northern Nigerian city of Kano.