Speaking at the ongoing Nigeria Economic Summit currently holding in
Abuja today, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF,
Babachir David Lawal talked about how he became an internally displaced
person after Boko haram members attacked his village. He said
"Five local governments in the northern senatorial district (of Adamawa)
were completely taken over by insurgents. Two local governments in the
central senatorial district, mine and the next one on its way to Yola
were completely taken over by insurgents. My house was the headquarters
of one of the Amir or whatever they call themselves. So, for six months,
I was an internally displaced person.
Within that period, four people, my younger ones and
others were on admission at the hospital in Mubi, the next big town to
my own, where there’s some presence of general hospital. When Boko Haram
entered Mubi, all the people had to evacuate the hospital and run into
the mountains, no matter the degree of your sickness. My younger brother
whose children were in that hospital, was visiting; he had to evacuate.
For two weeks, we didn’t know where they were, because they ran into
the mountains. The telephones, the base stations had been blown by Boko
Haram. In any case, the battery had run out of the telephones. We didn’t
know whether they were eating or whether they were dead. We didn’t know
where they were. The total number of cattle in my village (where)
everybody was a livestock keeper was 385. When people had to run for
their lives, the last thing they would think about is cows, goats and
chickens"he said
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