Nasarawa State Emergency Management Agency (NASEMA) says the number of persons taking refuge in the state following the Killings in  Yelwata, Benue State, has risen to 4,253.

The  Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are quartered in camps in  Obi Local Government Area;   Idadu,  Kpata camps in Doma and Agyraragu in Lafia.  

NASEMA’s Director- General   Benjamin Akwash, who made these known at the weekend in Lafia, said distribution of relief materials to the  IDPs would soon start. 

He said: “The situation is that of an influx of internally displaced persons coming to Nasarawa State, and the number keeps increasing.

”As of yesterday(Saturday), the figure at my disposal was 1,800 at St John Agyraragu, but now it is 1,852. Idadu and Kpata camps presently have 672 and 709.

“I got information again from Obi camp that 1,020 IDPs have arrived there. Most of the people who relocated to the Kadarko camp have moved to other safer places because they feel Kadarko is no longer safe for them. 

“We have put deliberate and robust measures in place.

“We are now at the point of procurement, in the coming few days, we will be able to purchase food and non-food items to distribute to them to lessen the hardship they are going through.’’

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