Relief has come the way of some Enugu State indigenes who were displaced in the North Eastern part of the country by Boko Haram terrorist activities  as a notable philanthropist, Chief Willy Ezugwu, recently  intervened to assuage their plight.

For the victims who hail from Enugu North senatorial zone of the state, it was indeed a day to celebrate and  appreciate the kind gesture of Chief Ezugwu, the national scribe of the Conference for Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, in organising a fund raising on their behalf.

In a brief but solemn ceremony held at the Catholic Cathedral, Nsukka the former Economic Adviser to ex- President Olusegun Obasanjo, Prof. Osita Ogbu urged victims of the insurgency by the Islamic extremist sect to remain hopeful in spite of their ordeal.

Prof. Ogbu, a senior lecturer at the Department of Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka who was the chairman of the fund raising, commended the organisers for their kind gesture, saying it would go a long way in giving hope to the victims in the zone.

explaining that it was meant to rehabilitate about 1000 indigenes who were victims of Boko Haram insurgency in the northern partof the country.

He applauded efforts of the federal government towards fighting the insurgency and urged Nigerians to continue to give government and security operatives required support.

In his remarks, Chief  Ezugwu, the initiator of the programme said it was unfortunate that politicians, corporate individuals and bodies abandoned their people who were victims of the insurgency in the North when they needed help most.

He expressed surprise that no elected person in Nsukka zone found it expedient to come for the fund raising, even when they received the invitation early enough.

“It is unfortunate that the people elected failed them at this very difficult moment. None of them found it worthy to come and contribute towards rehabilitating these victims; they did not even send any representative.
“In 2015, these same people will come and look for our votes; it is so bad,”he lamented.

He added: “We have to give these victims of Boko Haram a sense of belonging to enable them feed, take their children to school as well as find something they will do to eke out a living. No amount is too big or small to help in rehabilitating them”.

Earlier in a remark, the chairman of planning committee of the fund-raising, Mr. John Ezema said: “Most of them here today have no accommodation; they cannot feed their families because they lost their bread-winners to Boko Haram terrorists.”

Narrating his ordeal, one of the victims, Mr. Johnson Attah, in an emotion-laden voice, disclosed how all his shops and a house in Maiduguri were set ablaze.

He said he came home with only one shirt and one pair of trousers. “In my wildest imagination, I never believed that one day, I will beg before I will eat. All the same, I thank God who spared my life,” he noted.