Afrigather By Victoria Nnakaike
The Nationwide Emergency Administration Company (NEMA) and Kogi State State Emergency Administration Company (SEMA) has been referred to as upon to help the displaced individuals of Agojeju-Odo group in Omala native authorities space with aid supplies.
Thomas Acheneje made the decision whereas talking with journalists in Lokoja.
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Agojeju-Odo group in Omala LGA of Kogi was on April 4 attacked by bandits, leaving 25 lifeless and several other others injured.
The bandits sacked your entire inhabitants of the group who at the moment are taking refuge in neighbouring communities.
Acheneje stated that since that April 4, the Internally Displaced Individuals (IDPs) have been encountering untold hardships resulting from lack of meals, ingesting water and conducive locations to remain.
“Our individuals are residing in horrible circumstances. This is the reason as a group chief; I’m pleading with NEMA and SEMA to contemplate it crucial and expedient to take some aid supplies to them.
“Most of those IDPs are taking refuge in major colleges, Mosques and church buildings with little or nothing to cater for themselves.
“The painful factor is that the bandits stocked meals stuffs together with Maize, Yams, Cassava and Beans.”
The group chief expressed fear over doubtless illness outbreak in a few of the crowded IDP camps and the homes of relations and buddies they’re tenting with.
“As members of the affected group, we’ve been attempting our greatest to help our individuals, however the scenario has overwhelmed us,” he stated.
Acheneje counseled Gov. Usman Ododo’s latest proclamation that some suspected bandits have been arrested, as he referred to as for extra arrests, the institution of a navy base at Agojeju-Odo, a border group between Benue and Kogi to checkmate the incessant assaults within the space.
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In his response, Segun Joseph, State Commissioner for Surroundings, stated that the federal government has deliberate to ship aid supplies by means of SEMA to the affected communities in Omala LGA.
He stated: “We’re conscious of the plight of the displaced individuals in Agojeju-Odo and Abejukolo communities and can, by God’s grace, attain out to them by Friday with some aid supplies.
“Governor Usman Ododo’s administration is a caring one and received’t abandon its residents for no simply trigger”.
