Adamawa Insurgent Victims Raise Alarm Over Discrimination In Materials Distribution

Residents of the Michika

Local Government Area of Adamawa State, whose

communities were recently recaptured from Boko

Haram, have raised alarm over alleged

discrimination in distribution of relief materials.

Some of the residents who just returned from self

exile who spoke to newsmen in Yola, the State

capital, complained that a leading tribe in the area

was marginalizing the other tribes using ethno-

religious sentiments to distribute relief items and

denying many others.

A returnee, who identified himself as Ishaku Musa,

said “Whenever there is a relief material to be

distributed, members of a particular tribe which I

don’t want to mention would dominate the

distribution points making sure that other tribes

do not benefit.

“If there is a list to be taken, they make sure that

only their tribe men or kith and kins were listed

for support.

“My people are experiencing this particularly in

Garta village of the area,” he alleged.

Mr. Musa called on authorities concerned to

investigate the matter which he said had been

raised tension in the area.

Also lamenting is a man who simply identified

himself as Baba. He called for government

intervention to check the discrimination, adding

that Michika Local Government has long history

of ethno-religious tension that was aggravated by

the Boko Haram crisis.

Baba said the development needed to be checked

before it snowballs into a major clash.

“This is the time for relevant authorities and

leaders from the area to intervene in addressing

the problem before it turns into an ethno-

religious crisis being experienced in parts of

Plateau and Kaduna states”. Baba said.