Akwa Ibom Government has evacuated 34 of its stranded indigenes in Katsina State following an upsurge in banditry and insurgency activities in the northern part of the country
Those evacuated who arrived in the state were received by Ini Adiakpan, the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, on behalf of the state government, at the Women Development Centre in Uyo, the state capital.
Speaking, Adiakpan said,” The attention of the state government was drawn to a viral video on social media where some displaced Akwa Ibom indigenes in Katsina State, were calling for help, because their houses, shops and other sources of livelihood were either vandalised or burnt by bandits.
“So the state government immediately ordered for their evacuation and safe return to the state “.
According to her” the Governor has made adequate arrangements for them to be received. relief materials will also be released to them, and we will then begin to reintegrate all of them with members of their families immediately “.
The President of Akwa Ibom Community in Katsina, and a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics, Federal College of Education, Katsina State, Effiom Williams, who recounted their ordeal said, ” I got a distress call from our members in Batsari, Danja, Dan Musa and other LGAs that their houses, and shops were being attacked, and I quickly mobilised them into safety in my house “.
” When some of them arrived, they had nothing left because they had lost everything to the crises.Those who needed help have been given succour.
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