Gombe SEMA registers 830 internally displaced persons

The Gombe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has registered 830 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Borno, Adamawa and Taraba states, Executive Secretary of SEMA, Dr Arabs Rukuje, disclosed this in a telephone interview on Wednesday.

He said the compilation of names, which started on Monday, had reached 830 persons displaced by crises in the affected three states as at Tuesday (June 24).

The scribe said the registration was ongoing as many IDPs have been going to the agency in Gombe to be enrolled.

“As at yesterday (Tuesday), my officers told me that 830 IDPs were registered; this is the highest number of influx of people we have seen into the state,” he said.