Nasarawa State Government Discovers Seven Camps Built By Victims Of Boko Haram Terrorists
Adedokun Waliyu 
The insurgents annexed several local government areas especially in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa into territories where they hosted flags and collected taxes to run their operations.
Seven settlements put up by residents of North-East Nigeria who were displaced by the Boko Haram terrorists have been discovered in the Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
Nasarawa State through the Executive Secretary of Nasarawa State Emergency Management Agency NASEMA, Mr Zachary Allumaga, disclosed this on Saturday during a press briefing.
The discovery, the state said, came seven years after the affected persons had inhibited the areas and already cohabiting with the existing population.
It was recalled that Boko Haram terrorists had sacked several towns and villages in its conquest to establish Islamic state in the Northern Nigeria, which had thrown up serious humanitarian crises with hundreds of thousands displaced across states within the northeast of the country.
The affected states include Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe and Bauchi.
The insurgents annexed several local government areas especially in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa into territories where they hosted flags and collected taxes to run their operations.
They also expanded their attacks to states like Kano, Kaduna, Niger and even the country’s seat of power, Abuja.
Fleeing residents seek refuge in several states across the North where they created camps.
