How some IDP camps leaders sell donations meant for IDPs

Some Internally displaced persons taking shelter in Abuja have cried out that their leaders have been selling items donated to them by well-meaning people and organizations.

At the IDP camp in Kuchigoro, Abuja where the practice has been going on for some time, a resident confirmed to Vanguard that the act is perpetrated by those in charge of the camp.

Vanguard reports the source as saying that leaders from Gwoza and other faraway camps in the Northeast take advantage of the long distance of the camps to remove parts of their share of the donations which they sell to traders.

‘‘It is true that some of the donations made to us are not getting to us. They sell some of the gift items to people. What the leaders do is that they sell some to the food items to food sellers and those that care to buy. Some IDPs too, sell theirs after collecting their share when they need money,’’ he said.

Some other IDPs at the camp corroborated the story.

Source : Vanguard