Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in camps at different parts of Nasarawa State numbering over 800 on Sunday paid homage to the #BringBackOurGirls group as a way of acknowledging its support towards making sure that internally displaced persons get succour.
Speaking during the normal sit-out of the BBOG, leader of the displaced persons who would not want his name mentioned for security reasons noted that the BBOG had brought comfort to them, not only by advocating for the abducted Chibok girls, but by also providing the IDPs with foodstuff.
He stated that while narrating his experiences as he struggled to save his family from the hands of the Boko Haram, the displaced persons in Nasarawa had yet to receive any substantial intervention from any government agency.
Hear him, “I am from Gwoza. I left home for Cameroon on the 20th of June, 2013. In Cameroon, no matter the amount of work you do, you only get as little as N50. We were about 2,000 there. I left my wife there and settled in Nigeria, at a village close to Chibok. I later brought my wife to Nigeria. We were staying at different places until we started living together in Shuwa. We were attacked, and we headed to Mubi camp. I didn’t like the condition of the camp with the outbreak of cholera too.
“At a later date, an organization known as Stefanos Foundation brought us to Nassarawa. We came since March 11, 2014 but have not got any help from government,” he lamented.
“Since we came here, food is hard for us but we thank God for BBOG, which brought in some help to us. We thank you for the things you got for us. Please extend our pleading to the government so that they will assist us.
“I know some of the girls you are agitating for their release. I thank you for your good work. Let’s unite against terror because if nothing is done, Nigeria will cease to exist. I am even scared here in Nasarawa. Please, let’s pray for Nigeria,” he said.
Noting that the over 800 of them in camp needed accommodation as more people were coming in following recent attacks in Adamawa, he added that,
“We need pesticides for our crop, too, because we don’t want to stay doing nothing. We do not have enough accommodation. Some of us are sleeping outside. Because of the recent attack in Adamawa, more people are trooping into the camp.”
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