Zulum Receives 5,000 Nigerian Refugees from Cameroon thisdaylive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thisdaylive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri
Cameroonian officials, led by the Minister for Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji, have repatriated and handed over the first batch of 5,000 Nigerian refugees to Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum.
The handover took place at a brief ceremony in Amchiide, a border community between Nigeria and Cameroon close to Banki in Bama Local Government Area of Borno Central.
The returnees were part of thousands of Nigerians, mostly from Borno, who, since 2014, had fled in batches to Minawao Camp located in Mokolo, far North Region of Cameroon, to escape Boko Haram’s killings. Many Nigerians, in uncertain numbers, though said to be more than 60,000 by some accounts, fled to the camp from parts of Borno and Adamawa States. But over the years, the number came down following isolated returns.
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Kayode Idowu, Maiduguri
BORNO State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has discovered 650 ghost households during a surprised midnight visit to an internally displaced persons’ camp in Maiduguri.
The governor had around midnight on Sunday showed up at Mohammed Goni College of Islamic Legal Studies in Maiduguri, where IDPs from Abadam Local Government Area of northern Borno were being camped.
According to a statement by the governor’s Spokesman, Mallam Isa Gusau, the governor on arrival at the camp immediately closed the entrance and supervised a headcount to identify actual IDPs in order to put a stop to rampant cases of dubious residents pretending to be displaced.
Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has unearthed 650 ghost households during a surprised midnight visit to an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Maiduguri, the state capital.
The governor, had around midnight on Saturday showed up at Mohammed Goni College of Islamic Legal Studies in Maiduguri, where internally displaced persons from Abadam Local Government Area of northern Borno were being camped.
According to a statement by the governor’s spokesman, Mallam Isa Gusau, the governor on arrival at the camp immediately closed the entrance and supervised a headcount to identify actual IDPs, in order to put a stop to rampant cases of dubious residents pretending to be displaced.