14 Persons Dies As Raging Fire Destroys IDP Camp In Borno

At least 14 people have been killed and fifteen other injured as fire broke out Thursday at a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Borno State.

Naija Cover Understands that the fire broke out around 2:15 pm with reports that out of the 15  injured persons seven were elderly persons with very few possibilities of survival and eight other minors.

Confirming the sad incident ,President Muhammadu Buhari, in a statement issued by his media advisor Garba Shehu, described the incident as “extremely horrifying.”

“It is sad to hear the news of the death of 14 persons and injury to many from a fire incident at an IDP camp in Ngala, Borno State,” he said.

Shehu said the president has directed Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq “to investigate and report to him on the circumstances leading to the incident and advise on how a future occurrence will be averted.”

Over a decade of Boko Haram violence in the country’s volatile northeast region has displaced about three million people, according to a 2019 report by the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Coordination.