30 women give birth in Sokoto IDPs camp
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thirty pregnant women have given birth at the internally displaced persons idps camp in gandi village where victims of july 9 bandits attack in raba local government area lga of sokoto state are taking refuge1 alhaji ibrahim dingyadi the director general of the state emergency management agency sema disclosed this on saturday when the sultan of sokoto alhaji saad abubakar iii visited the idps to condole with them over the sad incident1 at present 4996 displaced persons from nine villages affected by the incident are taking refuge in the camp dingyadi said1 he listed the villages to include tabanni gidan-kare kursa warwasa rumbun-tsamiya tudun-kwasa dutsu illilu and yankusar-kilawa1 dingyadi commended sultan for assisting the victims with 200 bags of grains adding that the state government had been feeding them in addition to taking care of their welfare1 according to him world health organisation who united nations children fund unicef the state rural water and sanitation agency the federation of muslim women and some politicians have provided relieve materials to the idps at the camp1 also speaking the secretary of raba lga alhaji aminu gawo said some victims have expressed readiness to return to their villages while others have requested to be settled somewhere else1 gawo said many people were apprehensive on the happenings noting that the minister of interior retired gen. abdulrahman danbazau visited and deployed security personnel which assisted in calming the situation1 he however appealed to the monarch to facilitate the use of nigerian air force planes on the bandits due to the difficulty the ground troops encounter in accessing the area1 responding abubakar said he visited to condole with the victims and interact with them over the incident which occurred when he was abroad1