ABUSE OF POWER.
Stories coming out of the Internally Displaced Persons camps are heartbreaking to say the least. They are stories of man's inhumanity to man. Abuse of power. Misuse of authority. Selfishness. Unfortunately, the worst hit are the women and young girls.
Insurgency drove them out of their homes such that one who once was a breadwinner and landlord became relegated to a beger and squatter in make shift huts provided by the government who placed them under officia...ls to oversee camp activities but made to provision to protect them from these so called officials.
They fled from the Boko Haram terrorists only to fall into the hands of other terrorists in the guise of government officials. So they never really escaped terrorism. Though they have not been killed or maimed by Boko Haram, they are being molested and sexually abused by camp officials who force the girls and women to sleep with them before having access to basic necessities donated to residents of the camps by well meaning Nigerians. They are still grappling with the trauma of insurgency only to be flung into the added trauma and nightmare of insecurity and sexual exploitation causing sexual infections, unwanted pregnancies, confusion, low self esteem and shame.
It is so annoying that the girls and women have to be subjected to such indignity for things that are freely given to them. Now many are pregnant. They are homeless, jobless and uncared for. They do not even have access to basic healthcare, yet they are Nigerians in their own fatherland.
These women and girls have rights like you and I. Those paedophiles and rapists masquerading as government officials must be sacked and brought to book. They must be prosecuted and jailed.
Every Nigerian must feel and be safe in their Fatherland, whether they are in their own homes or in Internally Displaced Persons camps.
Our government must get justice for these voiceless Nigerians.
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Stories coming out of the Internally Displaced Persons camps are heartbreaking to say the least. They are stories of man's inhumanity to man. Abuse of power. Misuse of authority. Selfishness. Unfortunately, the worst hit are the women and young girls.
Insurgency drove them out of their homes such that one who once was a breadwinner and landlord became relegated to a beger and squatter in make shift huts provided by the government who placed them under officia...ls to oversee camp activities but made to provision to protect them from these so called officials.
They fled from the Boko Haram terrorists only to fall into the hands of other terrorists in the guise of government officials. So they never really escaped terrorism. Though they have not been killed or maimed by Boko Haram, they are being molested and sexually abused by camp officials who force the girls and women to sleep with them before having access to basic necessities donated to residents of the camps by well meaning Nigerians. They are still grappling with the trauma of insurgency only to be flung into the added trauma and nightmare of insecurity and sexual exploitation causing sexual infections, unwanted pregnancies, confusion, low self esteem and shame.
It is so annoying that the girls and women have to be subjected to such indignity for things that are freely given to them. Now many are pregnant. They are homeless, jobless and uncared for. They do not even have access to basic healthcare, yet they are Nigerians in their own fatherland.
These women and girls have rights like you and I. Those paedophiles and rapists masquerading as government officials must be sacked and brought to book. They must be prosecuted and jailed.
Every Nigerian must feel and be safe in their Fatherland, whether they are in their own homes or in Internally Displaced Persons camps.
Our government must get justice for these voiceless Nigerians.
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