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August 25, 2016

Breaking: Hungry IDPs go on rampage in Maiduguri

Breaking: Hungry IDPs go on rampage in Maiduguri

Bama IDP Camp: Cross Section of women at Bama IDP Camp in Maiduguri during Minister’s Tour of Bama . Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan.

Irked by their apparent neglect by government officials, no fewer than 500 Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, Thursday, took to the streets to protest against hunger and thirst in their respective camps.

Mostly women and children, the visibly angry IDPs barricaded the city’s main entry point, causing a gridlock along the Kano-Maiduguri highway.

Security operatives seemed helpless as the IDPs refused to leave the highway.

Details later…