INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS, IDPs : In Nigeria, they were displaced from their place of birth by gunmen sponsored by unknown evil men into a place where they were lumped together as IDP camp in Sokoto yet death still came to snatch away. Man inhumanity to man.
This was the sad story of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Sokoto State who were involved in a boat mishap in the state on Thursday in which 21 of them lost their lives.
They were said to be returning to their village at Gidan Kare in the early hours of yesterday when the incident happened.
It was gathered that the boat capsized while carrying about 40 passengers, most of whom were victims of the recent bandits’ attack.
The chairman of the state committee on IDPs, Ibrahim Magaji Gusau, confirmed the incident.
“21 of them have been buried, 11 survived. They packed the things we gave them such as foodstuff and mattresses, and were going back to their villages when the boat capsized,†he explained.
The committee chairman added: “Because of the load they were carrying and about 40 of them, it was too heavy I think, that’s why the boat capsized.â€
According to him, the river is about one and a half kilometres from the bank.
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“The ones that survived climbed the mattresses which we gave them,†he said.
The oldest of the victims was about 45 years old; and the youngest, one-year-old.
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