Metro Nigeria: IDPs Now Dying of Hunger - BBOG

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The Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) advocacy group has warned the Federal Government against playing politics with the humanitarian situation in the North East, saying the fortunes of the Internally Displaced Persons IDPs, in the country have not improved.

Specifically, the group said many of the IDPs were at present dying as a result of starvation, in apparent response to reports that the African Union had given the government a pass-mark in its handling of IDPs.

This came as the Federal Government weekend signed a tripartite agreement with the United Nations High Commission for Refugee, UNHCR, and Cameroun for the return of thousands of Nigerian refugees currently taking refuge in that country.

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Commissioner for Political Affairs and Head of the AU Humanitarian Mission, Dr Aisha Laraba Abdullahi, who visited the Yola IDP camp in Adamawa State also at the weekend, was quoted as expressing delight at government’s handling of IDPs.

However, spokesman of the #BBOG, Sesugh Akume said: “The report does not represent the true situation of IDPs in northeast Nigeria. Reports reached us that only yesterday (Saturday) the IDP camp in Biu was flooded by rains. IDPs at Teachers’ Village, Maiduguri, have died of starvation. Our compatriots from Damasak, who are refugees in Niger are in a horrible condition.
 
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