Hundreds of IDPs have
taken over the city of Maiduguri – Displaced people say hunger and lack of
basic amenities are killing them Information just coming in indicates that
hundreds of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have left the IDP camps.
IDPs protesting
They are protesting
on the streets to protest. Their complaint is that they are suffering from
hunger and thirst in their various camps.
The IDPs are majorly
women and children. The conspicuous angry protesters in the different IDPs
blocked Maiduguri’s major entrance road, creating a big traffic along the
Kano-Maiduguri expressway.
It was learnt that
security outfits appeared helpless as the angry protesters refused to abandon
the expressway. A female IDP who was on hand to speak to journalist said: “We
are not fighting but fighting for our survival. The foods are not being
supplied, there is no water. No medication for our sick kids; we want food or
they should send back to our villages,” said an IDP who identified herself as Aisa
from Marte. “They don’t allow us to go out to beg. We are kept like prisoner
without food….” About a week ago, the National Emergency Management Agency
(NEMA) reunited more than 200 children affected by the Boko Haram insurgency
with their parents. As of the time of filing the report, no single government
official came out to calm the frayed nerves of the protesters. More information
will be revealed as new details trickle in.
