We are relocating from Nigeria to Cameroon —Boko Haram victims

DISPLACED residents of five Adamawa Local government areas under the
siege of Boko Haram insurgents have vowed to move to Cameroon Republic,
should the Federal Government continue to pay lip service to the activities of
insurgents who have taken over their territories.
The residents who were angered by the incessant attacks and killings
occasioned by the Boko Haram incursion and expressed dismay over the
failure of the Federal Government to deploy security to checkmate the
insurgents.
They said with the increasing attacks, they were left with no alternative but
to move to Cameroon Republic.
One of the fleeing residents, Garba Buba, said their communities were left
unprotected, adding that with the constant annexation of towns and villages
and the deliberate pogrom meted to the people, they had lost confidence in
Nigeria.
“We have lost confidence in Nigeria, because it has failed in its onerous
responsibility to protect us. With the situation, we have no alternative other
than to change our nationality.
“We have been patient for a long time, even as we continue to suffer serious
losses in terms of human lives and properties in the past without security
operatives doing enough to protect us,” he said.
Another displaced person from Michika, Bitrus Kamale, said he was being
forced by circumstances to change nationality as a result of dearth of
security that had rendered many people in the area homeless, while many
others were left stranded in Cameroon border villages.
“The government should tell us whether we are Nigerians or not. We are tired
of being killed on a daily basis like fowls by insurgents and the continued
harassment from soldiers,” he said.
Another resident of the area, Musa Welye, said the people of the affected
areas were deeply regretting being in Nigeria, adding that had they chose not
to be in Nigeria during the 1961 plebiscite, it would have been better for
them.