The House of Representatives has appealed to the National Emergency
Management Agency (NEMA), to quickly make relief materials available to
the victims of the recent Boko Haram attack in Kala-Balge area of Borno
State.
The internally displaced persons fled their community and are now in Maiduguri, the state capital
According to Hon. Abdulrahman Terab (PDP Borno), the IDPs, hitherto
living in villages, witnessed a fierce battle between the insurgents and
the Nigerian Army.
In the ensuing melee, they panicked, fled and are now in dire need of assistance from the federal government.
He noted that the current military efforts, courage and determination
to end the terrorist activities by the Boko Haram in the north eastern
Nigeria is yielding a positive result.
He expressed concern
that the unfortunate development has further exposed those communities
where the people opted to cooperate with the military to severe danger
from the insurgents as well as being caught between crossfire of the
battle, which resulted in the loss of hundreds of lives and property,
including women and children.
He said while the military has
aided the evacuation of over 15,000 of those that are alive to Maiduguri
as IDPs, there is now another monumental humanitarian crisis brewing as
a result of this incident.
Credit: Muhammad Bello/ThisDay
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