138 Displaced children

Boko Haram: 138 Displaced Children Yet

To Reconnect With Their Parents, Says

NEMA

Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – Following Boko Haram

attacks in Northern Senatorial District of

Adamawa State, at least 138 displaced children

are yet to be reconnected with their parents.

The National Emergency Management Agency;

NEMA disclosed this on Thursday in a chat with

journalists, through the coordinating officer of the

IDP camps, Sa’ad Bello in Yola on Thursday.

The children are now in the five designated

Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camps in the

state capital, Yola.

He said so far only seven of the children had been

linked with their parents or relations.

“We had about 138 unaccompanied children as at

last Friday,” Mr. Bello said. “So far we have

reunited seven children with their relations with

the help of the International Committee for Red

Cross and Red Crescent.

He expressed optimism that with residents

returning to the recaptured towns of Mubi, Maiha,

Gombi and Hong, there would be more reunions.

“Already there is fear that some of those

unaccompanied children might have lost their

parents during the insurgents attack on their

villages.” he stressed.