No fewer than 15, 000 Nigerians from Sokoto and Zamfara states, affected by activities of banditry, are currently taking refuge in Niger Republic, says the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
Head, NEMA Sokoto Operations Office, in charge of Sokoto Kebbi and Zamfara states, Dr. Kofoworola Soleye, made the disclosure, on Thursday, in Gusau, at a one-day interactive meeting with relevant stakeholders in disaster management.
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Soleye said the agency discovered this during an assessment tour by the agency’s staff, International Humanitarian Organisations, Government authorities and other critical stakeholders to conduct need assessment of the victims of bandits attacks in the two states.