4,000 IDPs from Benue taking refuge in Plateau – Lalong

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Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Nigeria

More than 4,000 persons displaced by the raging violence in Benue are taking refuge in Plateau, Gov. Simon Lalong said on Thursday in Jos.

Lalong made the disclosure at a town hall meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, who is on a two-day working visit to the state.

The governor said that the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), were Tiv and Fulani people displaced as a result of farmers/herders clashes.

He said that Plateau was also hosting thousands of IDPs from other crisis-ridden states like Adamawa, Borno, Kaduna and Yobe.

“As a governor of this state, my major worry is that Plateau has been bearing this burden alone without any support either from the federal or affected state governments,” he said.

Lalong urged the president to consider some special funding support to complement the state’s efforts at being a good…



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