BREAKING: Angry IDPs go on rampage in Borno, take over Kano-Maiduguri expressway
– 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.
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They are protesting on the streets to protest. Their complaint is that they are suffering from hunger and thirst in their various camps.
Scene of IDPs who are protesting over hunger and thirst in Maiduguri
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.
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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.
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