THE National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has denied a report
claiming that 15 worshippers were killed at the outskirt of Chibok Local
Government Council of Borno State on Sunday.
Though some of the
reports claimed a source from NEMA provided the information, the agency
not only contacted the same officer who denied it in its entirety, it
also assigned a special team to investigate and verify the allegation
which was later found to be unsubstantiated and untrue.
Meanwhile,
the team also discovered that two people were killed by unidentified
gunmen around the area on Sunday and whose bodies had been deposited in a
hospital. The victims were a security man and a bystander.
Like
other similar attacks, the agency could not classify the victims as
Muslims or Christians because most of the attacks in the North-East axis
are nondiscriminatory.
This could be deduced from the calibre
of personalities including retired military generals, traditional
rulers, politicians, public officers, businesspeople, security
personnel, traders, students among others that were victims of such
attacks.
It is necessary to point out that NEMA would never
release figures of casualty in whatever form without concrete evidence
and certification from relevant authorities including the medical
personnel and security agencies.
The tradition of collaboration
with stakeholders in information management during outbreaks of disaster
in any part of the country is to eradicate erroneous impressions and
misinformation as well as guard against unnecessary reprisal attacks
from such speculations.
In another development, NEMA has provided
relief materials to the victims of recent communal clash between the
Fulani and the Gwari in Gwagwalada area of Abuja over encroachment on
farmlands.
Two truckloads of relief materials that include
beddings, food items, toiletries, medicaments and tents have been
distributed to the victims, who are currently squatting in a temporary
camp at the permanent campus of the University of Abuja.
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