States Abandon Bakassi Returnees Who Escaped from Cameroon

Some Nigerians who recently escaped what they described as ferocious attacks from Cameroonian authorities due to tax-related issues have allegedly been abandoned by their various state governments in a camp located in Ikang, in Cross River State.

The displaced Nigerians numbering over five hundred, who were carrying out their fishing activities in Bakassi fled to Ikang recently, alleging that scores of them had been killed, and their women raped by Cameroon gendarmes.

The conditions of the refugees, currently camped at a facility meant originally to serve as headquarters of what is being referred to as Bakassi Local Government Area, seem to be getting worse every passing day since they arrived Ikang on July 6, this year.

A visit to the camp by THISDAY indicated that life was becoming unbearable for the refugees, most of who complained that they had been abandoned by their state governments to the untold hardship they were facing in the camp.

Thisday, July 30, 2017

 

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