The United Nations (UN) has confirmed the abduction of over 200 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), mainly women and children, in Borno State.
The insurgents struck three IDP camps in Ngala town, the headquarters of Gamboru Ngala Local Government Area at the border of Cameroon where the terrorists are most active.
In a statement by the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mohammed Fall lamented that more than two million people in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states have fled to garrison towns where they barely have few livelihood options.
He said those who venture beyond the protective trenches surrounding the towns to forage or farm do so at great peril, risked killings, abductions, forced recruitment and sexual and gender-based violence (GBV) rampant.
FALL therefore urged the government and other partners to provide more livelihood opportunities for IDPs in camps, alongside ongoing efforts for lasting solutions, to prevent future attacks.
