Abduction: Zulum Says Some Women Voluntarily Returned To The Bush
The governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, says that information that is currently available suggests that some of the women and girls who were abducted from three IDP camps in Ngala, near the border between Nigeria and Cameroon, voluntarily went back into the bush.
The governor stated that since his office has not received any formal notification, the precise number of the kidnapped women and girls is still unknown.
Zulum made this statement while hosting a group of diplomats, a UN delegation, and development partners, in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State.
“It has become no more sustainable for us to keep the people at the IDP camps. But if the 19 of you here, 23 of you here, are willing to provide immediate support for us, bring the food items and we keep the food items, then we shall continue to keep the people,” he said.
“But the problem is that we have started experiencing donor fatigue. Most of the donors have left. Even for those that are around, the quantum of support that they are providing to the IDP camps has been reduced drastically.
“And then people now want to earn by themselves. A few days ago, I was at Mafa. Mafa is my local government. I was born and brought up there. Some women numbering about 500 demonstrated that they don't want to live in the IDP. They want to go to the bush. We have to be very careful.”
According to Zulum, his administration plans to build 85,000 new homes in 66 communities across the state with the intention of resettling internally displaced people (IDPs) and other victims of the Boko Haram conflict.
The abduction of more than 200 women and young girls from three IDP camps in Ngala, on the outskirts of Lake Chad, occurred just before this visit.
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