By Muhammad Aliyu
Dutse
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Benue state Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) have established three camps in Apa town for the displaced residents of the eight communities in Agatu local government area of Benue state that were affected by the recent attack by suspected herdsmen.
This was contained in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja by the Agency’s Senior Information Officer, Sani Datti.
The statement said at least 8,642 of the displaced persons were being profiled at the camps as NEMA had despatched humanitarian relief items to cushion their conditions.
It said: “The affected persons who are mostly women and children are rescued from the bush where they ran for safety.
“The NEMA North Central Zonal coordinator, Abdulsalam Muhammad, led the humanitarian intervention of the Agency to strengthen support for the state government in assisting the affected displaced communities in Agatu LG.”
