Daily Trust reports that eight camps were officially designated by the state government for the rural people who fled their homes in droves on New Year’s day after sustained attacks on their various communities by armed bandits in two most affected areas of Logo and Guma local councils.
He explained that the agency had informed the state governor, Samuel Ortom on the need to close down two camps due to its vulnerability to attacks by armed bandits.
Shior said “Recently, we noticed that the militia herdsmen have been attacking two IDP
camps at Terkimbe and Agbeda. This made us to report to the state governor on the need to officially close down the camps. We expect that the affected displaced persons move into town and put up with their relatives.”
While he assured that the relief materials would be judiciously distributed to the displaced persons, the Shior noted that the Tito Group of Companies owner, Akinkumi came to the aid of IDPs at a time the state government was facing serious humanitarian challenges.
The SEMA secretary further disclosed that the state government is at the process of decamping all the IDPs, stressing that already two camps in Tse-A Gbanda in Logo LGA which became soft target for the killer bandits had been shutdown and the IDPs returned to live with their relatives.
He also intimated that as at March 31, 2018, the number of IDPs in the state stood at 170,000.
“The law establishing State Management Agency stipulated that the agency cannot open and operate Internally Displaced Persons IDPs Camp for more than 30 days, we have resolved that by end of this month, all the camps in the state will officially closed,” Shior added.
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