The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has commenced the distribution of food items to Malkohi and Fufore Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Adamawa state.
NEMA Coordinator in charge of Adamawa and Taraba, Abbani Imam, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Yola yesterday that the agency had released two trucks of food items to the camps.
Blueprint reported how IDPs in the two camps staged a peaceful demonstration over food shortage on Wednesday. The victims, many of whom were displaced from Borno after Boko Haram attacked their homes, said they were last given food in January.
Meanwhile, an IDP in Malkohi camp, Adamu Bukar, has confirmed that they had started receiving the food items from NEMA and thanked the agency for the quick response.
Man arraigned in Sokoto for ‘homosexuality’
A 22-year-old man, Umar Yusuf, was yesterday arraigned before a Sokoto Magistrates’ Court for an alleged homosexual act with a 10-year-old boy.
Yusuf, 22, who resides in Marna Area of Sokoto, is facing a one-count charge of unnatural offence.
The prosecutor, Saminu Buke, told the court that the offence was committed on March 1 along Marna area of Sokoto.
Buke said that the accused was in canal knowledge of the boy against the order of nature when he lured the minor into his room.
He said the offence contravened Sections 284 of the Penal Code.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Chief Magistrate, Nuraddeen Bello, said the court lacked jurisdiction over the matter, but ordered that the accused be remanded in prison custody.
Bello, however, adjourned the case until April 6 for mention and possible transfer to a court of competent jurisdiction. (NAN)
