3,200 people displaced after massacre in northeast Nigeria

At least 3,200 people were displaced in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State after a deadly attack by suspected Boko Haram militants last week in Baga town, the country's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Monday.

Spokesperson for the agency Manzo Ezekiel, who confirmed this in a statement reaching Xinhua, said the agency has dispatched a team from Abuja, the Nigerian capital to strengthen the provision of humanitarian supports to the displaced persons from Baga, that have fled from the recent insurgency attacks in the town.

Boko Haram militants seized Baga military base and several nearby locations in the far northeastern Nigeria on Jan. 3, forcing residents to flee to neighboring countries.

He said the agency, at the weekend registered 3,200 of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Baga that are now in Maiduguri, the state Capital and accommodated at the Teachers Village estate where NEMA is providing them with basic supports in collaboration with the host government.

The creation of the new camp brings to 11 where NEMA has been supporting the IDPs with food and non-food items, Ezekiel added.

According to him, the other IDPs in the camps are from towns and villages in the state which had been previously displaced by the insurgency.

The conflict in northeastern Nigeria has led to the exodus of 135,000 people and at least 850, 000 people were displaced within Nigeria, the UN Refugee Agency said in a recent report. Enditem