About 2.2 million people have now been displaced by terrorist
sect Boko Haram, according to the United Nations High Commission for
Refugees (UNHCR). This new number was revealed by Ms. Angele Dikongue- Atangana, he UNHCR Representative to Nigeria, during a
shareholder’s meeting.
“The number
of IDPs is not really increasing as a result of new
displacement,” Dikongue- Atangana said in her statement. “There could be
some relatively small new displacement in the course of combating insurgency
and knowing that the insurgents themselves still remain active, especially in
this hit and run tactic.”
“ The number is increasing specifically
because regaining control of the territory by the military opened further
access for the humanitarian officials so they can count many more IDPs, be they
old IDPs or very recent ones’’, she said.