Over 5,000 unprofiled IDPs discovered in makeshift camps in Makurdi -
By Peter Duru, Makurdi No fewer than 5,000 unprofiled Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, have been discovered in makeshift camps located at Tse Yandev in the North Bank area of Makurdi town. When Vanguard visited the camp yesterday, it was discovered that the majority of the IDPs who moved into the community less than a month ago, without the consent of the state government, slept in the open. Some used palm tree branches to make coverings while women used their wrappers as the curtain. It was also, observed that they constructed local bathrooms made of Palm tree branches, while toilet facil...