Metro Help Call From Boko Haram Victims: Widows, Orphans Dying at Cameroun Border

Sandra Chiefe

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The lack of medical supplies and other basic amenities needed to cater to refugees and victims of Boko Haram who have been relegated to the fringes of the Nigeria-Cameroon border are the issues that the Nigerian government should be confronted with. Sleeping on the bare floor of a church and drinking barely available contaminated water in Cameroon, these men, women and children are fearful of wandering away from their group least they find themselves being the latest recruits to the Boko Haram sect.

The refugees find themselves in this position due to an attack by suspected Boko Haram Members on Gwoza community that resulted in the death of several villagers and displacement of most to the Church of Christ in Nations, COCIN – in Galma village, Cameroon, former dubbed the Church of Christ, Nigeria.

The spokesperson for the group has declared, despite the pleas by the Borno State government to return to their homes, saying, “We cannot return to our residence in Gwoza council area until the security of lives and property is guaranteed with deployment of soldiers, because even the policemen in our area are not spared by the insurgents whenever they attack our communities in Gwoza.”

The United Nations conducted a report which stated that the recent crisis motivated by the Boko Haram attacks have resulted in no less than 40,000 refugees in the northern border, pushing victims into neighbouring countries such as Niger and Cameroon.
 

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