Epidemic Outbreak Looms Over Nigeria Because Of Dead Bodies Littering Villages
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Luke 21:10-11, “Then He said to them, ‘Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be great earthquakes in various places, and famines and pestilences; and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven…’”
The Nigerian Voice – “An alarm has been raised about a looming epidemic outbreak in Borno State over the decaying remains of victims of recent Boko Haram attacks still lying in the open in some parts of the state. The alarm was raised Sunday by the district head of one of the wards under Boko Haram siege, Lawan John, who is now seeking refuge in Maiduguri.
The village head, who spoke with journalists on the ordeal of his people, after a meeting of stakeholders of affected areas in Gwoza Local Government of the state held in Maiduguri, said 109 persons had so far been buried since the attacks.
‘Corpses still littered our villages because we didn’t have access to the villages as the insurgents were still hanging around,’ he said, lamenting that none of the people of the area who had since fled could summon enough confidence to go back and bury some of the dead bodies still lying in the open.
John said many of the villagers were still trapped in the mountains and hills without food to eat for over five days.
‘They rely on people from Pogu village who go there to give them food, and right now there is no food left in the village,’ he said, adding that in some of the villages, the Boko Haram gunmen were still on rampage, shooting anybody who attempted to descend from the mountain.
In the same vein, another residents of the area who craved anonymity said the littering remains of the victims of the recent attacks would have decomposed and there could be epidemic if the whole area is not fumigated .
‘They (insurgents) kill our people and they won’t allow us to give them proper burial, their corpses are made to lie on the road which is not befitting of even a dead animal,’ he said.
Not fewer than 1,000 persons were displaced within the last one week following the Boko Haram attacks on villages in Gwoza Local Government Area. The member, representing Southern Borno district in the National Assembly, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, who called the meeting of the stakeholders of the area in Maiduguri, lamented that his people had been made to go through untold hardship by recent attack as over 1,000 persons were displaced and several properties lost.
Ndume disclosed that the killings and burning of property were still continuing in some of the villages, including Gavva, Agapalagu, Chikide, Dushwale, Ngoshe and Ashigashiya.” Read more.
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