U.N Suspends Food Distribution As IDPs Attack Them For Giving Them Small Food

The United Nations World Food Programme on Sunday, suspended food distribution to Internally Displaced Persons in Borno following an attack on its partners at Gubio camp in Maiduguri.

Angry IDPs reportedly attacked the humanitarian workers of the International Medical Corp, an international NGO, over the food rations the NGO was distributing, injuring many people and destroying five sport utility vehicles belonging to the NGO at the Gubio camp in Maiduguri metropolis.

In an electronic message sent by WFP Communication officer Maiduguri field office, Mr. Adedeji Ademigbuji to newsmen in Maiduguri yesterday, the global humanitarian agency said the suspension was as a result of security breaches.

The Executive Chairman State Emergency Management Agency, Egnr. Ahmad Satomi, in an interview with newsmen in Maiduguri yesterday condemned the attack on the humanitarian workers and tendered an apology. He assured that he would meet with the military so as provide adequate security for humanitarian workers during distribution in the camps.