Riot in Damaturu, 90,000 People Displaced

Liputan6.com, Kano: Conflict in Nigeria has not abated. Clashes between radical Islamic groups with local security forces last week caused at least 90 thousand people were displaced and homeless in the City of Damaturu, northeastern Nigeria.

According to the coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency Affairs, Ibrahim Farinloye many residents lost their homes. Many citizens who end up staying with friends and relatives in places that are considered more secure.

"Around 40,000 people from this number comes from Pompomari, where the entire village is empty. A number of refugees lost their homes, while others simply fled for their safety," he said. Farinloye added, it recommends that people not enter the refugee camps temporarily for security reasons.

Military trucks and armored vehicles arrived in Pompomari and residents are given 30 minutes to leave their homes. The township then encircled.

Meanwhile, violence erupted in Damaturu at Christmas. Two bomb explosions and suicide bomb attacks targeted the military convoy in front of the secret police. Boko Haram group allegedly responsible for the deaths of 40 people by a bomb blast outside a church near the capital Abuja after the events of Christmas worship services. (ANT / AFP / Vin)