“The IDP camp fire occurred on the eve of Eid-el-Fitr destroying over 1,600 makeshift shelters,” adding that two IDPs were killed in the inferno that Saturday evening.”
The inferno could not be put off, as the makeshift shelters were clustered with a windstorm that fuels the spread of inferno to other IDPs’ houses.
This year’s incessant IDP camps infernos has also destroyed other camps in Nganzai, Ngala, Mafa and Monguno, 135 kilometres north of Maiduguri, the state capital. “Immediately I was informed about the camp fire incident, I rushed to the scene and mobilized support to put off the fire,” she told Zulum. Speaking on the closure of IDP camps, Zulum said: “I sympathized with you and family members over the destruction of your temporary shelters.He said the state government is looking into closing down 24 IDP camps so that every displaced person currently living in camps goes back home.
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