95% of IDPs in Benue camps are from Nasarawa, Victim

An Internally Displaced Person (IDPs) Daniel Zege, has revealed to journalist that about 95 percent of IDPs in Daudu, Guma Local Government Area and Abagena in Makurdi LGA all in Benue state are from Nasarawa state. Zege who is the camp administrator made the Revelation last Friday in Daudu in a chart with journalist. He said that they were in that state on fact findings mission to know the number of Nasarawa indigenes that made up the four camps. Zege, said to have escaped death in the hands of men, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in Awe LGA of Nasarawa state to Benue, said “Most of the people seen in various camps in the two LGs of Guma and Makurdi are from Nasarawa state, and Governor Tanko Al makura should know that the Tiv people of Awe, Keana Doma Obi and Lafia areas are dominant in the IDP camps. The state Governor has never for once come to visit us and know our conditions. I want to state clearly that we are dying of hunger and poor shelters. Our children are out of school and there are poor facilities in the camp. “The most disheartening is that not fewer than 10 persons usually die weekly across the four IDP camps in Benue state,” he stated. He therefore, called on Governor Tanko Al- Makura to come to their aid by visiting those camps that are being taken care of by the Benue state Governor, Samuel Orton. Augustine Kuza, Lafia