There is now a refugee crisis at Maiduguri camp [DETAILS]

by James Sambo

Facilities at the various camps for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, have been overstretched by the growing influx of displaced persons into the town.

The development is as a result of the lingering Boko Haram insurgency with almost half of the state believed to be under the control of the terrorists forcing many to flee to Maiduguri where they are currently seeking refuge .

Local sources said almost every infrastructure in the town has been overstretched with many of the IDPs even occupying schools where students have sent on compulsory holiday since over five months ago.

Zanna Mustapha, the proprietor of the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation, a school for orphans and vulnerable children in Maiduguri. said the facilities at his school have been over- stretched and can no longer accommodate more orphans.

“We have over 2,000 orphans on our waiting list but we could not admit them now because our facilities cannot cope with the numbers. I am appealing to Gordon Brown Foundation and other organisations to assist us,” he said.

Mustapha said since the school was established, eight years ago 189 students have graduated and are now in unity schools in the northern states.

“I established the school to give supporting services to orphans and vulnerable children and Aliamudulilahi since we came on board eight years ago, more than 189 students have graduated into unity secondary schools in northern states,” he said.

He appealed to well-meaning individuals and corporate bodies to come and help the school to enable it accommodate the increasing number of orphans and vulnerable children in the state._67687138_018021298

Army marches on

Meanwhile, members of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in a dawn raid operation on Friday cleared a terrorists’ camp in Buduram, north of Doron Baga, Borno State, where terrorists were massing up and reorganizing to carry out a reprisal attacks after being routed in Doron Baga in a previous encounter last Sunday.

The Ministry of Defence in a statement on its website said, “17 terrorists died in the raid operation while some who escaped into neighbouring islands in the Lake Chad Peninsula are still being pursued.”

The statement said calm has been restored in Doron Baga after the Sunday attack by terrorists who infiltrated the community with some of them disguising as women in hijab.

According to the MoD, five of the terrorists died in the counter offensive to defend Doron Baga by troops of the MNJTF. Many of the inhabitants of the community who had fled into nearby bushes for safety are now returning, the MoD concluded.

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