IDPs Complain Of Starvation In Plateau

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at Riyom Town Hall camp in Platea State are complaining of starvation, degradation and inhuman condition.
Aside from insufficient food and sustenance, they also complain of sleeping on bare floors.
Mr John Langai, one of them, told a delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), that many of them had been forced to seek refuge in the camp since June when their communities, Bachit and others were attacked by insurgents.
Langai said that they had been living in “degrading and dehumanising” conditions ever since they moved to the camp.
“Many of our people were killed, our houses burnt by the attackers and our farms destroyed. “Those of us who survived have nothing to eat, in fact we have been starving.
“We don’t have what to sleep on as you can see the women lying on the bare floor over there.
“Many have contacted diseases due to overcrowding and some have even died as a result,” he said.
Mrs Blessing Gyang, a survivor who lost five members of her immediate family including two of her brothers, described life in the camp as terrible.
“People queue to use the toilet provided by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). “Many people, especially women, have contacted different kinds of diseases from the toilets,” she said.
She, however, commended the ICRC for the assistance it had rendered to the IDPs in terms of food and other supplies.