The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a suspect for allegedly duping 9,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of N27 million under the guise of supplying them foodstuff.

The Commandant of the NSCDC in Borno State, Abdullahi Ibrahim, said the suspect named Bukar Ladan, age 50, was arrested in Mairi area of Maiduguri.

The suspect is alleged to have collected N300 each from the 9,000 IDPs currently taking refuge in different camps in the state capital, Maiduguri

“Our men found out that some of the women in the IDPs camp were grumbling that they have paid for food supply without being delivered,” Ibrahim said.

“It is very unfortunate that some people will go to this length and defraud this people who had suffered great trauma in the hands of Boko Haram insurgency.

“After going to the man’s house, we discovered that he did not have anything worth N10,000. We don’t know what they are using the money for, but we are still investigating him.”

The Commandant cautioned IDPs to be vigilant and wary of scrupulous elements activities in the society.

In another development, the National Commission for Refugees (NCR) has distributed relief materials to IDPs and returnees from Cameroon Republic being sheltered in Gamboru Ngala of Borno State.

The relief materials distributed include mobile clinic, foodstuff, building materials, primary school materials and household items like bedding materials or bed sheets, plastic buckets and bowls as well as leather mats, detergents, soaps, sanitary items among others.

The items were presented to the Caretaker Chairman of Ngala Local Government Council Honourable Abdulrahman Abdulkarim, for inward distribution to the returnees and other beneficiaries.

Presenting the relief materials, the Federal Commissioner National Commission for Refugees NCR, Hajiya Hadiza Kangiwa, told the chairman that the items were meant for the returnees who returned from Cameroon Republic following the Boko Haram insurgency that made them to fled to the neighbouring country for safety.

The Chairman, while distributing the items to the refugees, he urged the beneficiaries to be steadfast in their prayers for peace to return to the area and state at large.

•Photo shows IDPs.

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