Over 30 infant children whose parents deserted their villages in Borno State following a series of bloody Boko Haram attacks have died, while their deserted parents are seeking refuge in areas around the Nigerian and Cameroon border.
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Over 30 infant children whose parents deserted their villages in Borno State following a series of bloody Boko Haram attacks have died, while their deserted parents are seeking refuge in areas around the Nigerian and Cameroon border.
Thousands of Nigerians in affected areas of the insurgency in the Borno state, and in both the Adamawa, and Yobe states, have been thrown into severe hardship and acute shortages of food.
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Some of them told our SaharaReporters correspondent of mass suffering in their locations within Borno state. It is there where they are struggling to survive, devoid of foodstuffs, and health dispensaries. Their lives, they said, and many others, are in imminent danger. The situation demands urgent government intervention.
One of the women who spoke with our correspondent, Hauwa Ibrahim, said they escaped from an area called Halaghwa. She said many more children are dying daily of malnutrition, and in several locations survivors are hiding from the Boko Haram.
“We are from Halagwa, others are from Agapalawa, and Ganjara, over 30 infants have died as of yesterday because of our bad situation. There is no food, water, or a good atmosphere. We are seeking refuge in Cameroon. We just came to queue for food, and (will) move back to the Cameroon area (where) we are staying. We have left our homes about one month ago.”
She said their children are no longer going to school because the Boko Haram sect burnt down all schools in the area. “They burnt down the school, killed (several) men, and only a few were lucky to have escaped with serious injuries. (There is) no farming, nor any trade activities, and you can see the trauma we are going through. They have abducted some of our young girls. We, too, are now slaves and orphans.”
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