Boko Haram: 1000 newly displaced persons take to street begging in Maiduguri
The displaced, numbered about a thousand and mostly women and children said they were forced to leave their homes following attacks by suspected Boko Haram insurgents that hits in neighbouring villages.
This is owing to the fact that displaced individuals, refused entry into major IDP camps in Maiduguri now hibernate on street corners in search of food and water. Speaking on the number of influx of displaced persons, the Chairperson, Borno state emergency management agency, BOSEMA, Hajiya Yabawa Kolo, said as soon as the state government got to know of their predicaments it arranged accommodation for them at the Stadium IDPs camp.
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