GAIDAM, Nigeria -- Niger troops have deported more than 3,000 Nigerian fishermen and refugees
escaping Boko Haram, forcing them to undertake a brutal three- day trek in which at least a dozen
people died, an official and witnesses said Wednesday.

The refugees said they were compelled to return to Nigeria after Boko Haram last week attacked an island in Lake Chad.

The Nigerians said soldiers arrived at the fishing village of Lelewa and ordered them to leave. Niger
officials did not immediately respond to request for comment.

On Monday, Niger said it was planning a military operation in the area to rout Boko Haram extremists and ordered its citizens to move further inland.
Nigeria's National Emergency

Management Agency said it was alerted by Niger and sent trucks to collect the exhausted refugees at
the border.

The agency's Charles Otegbabe, director of search and rescue, registered the new arrivals in Gaidam town, in the northeastern Borno state.

"We thought there would be about 2,000 but we have already registered more than 3,000 and
there are still more people coming," he told The Associated Press.

The refugees said hundreds more were on their way.
"They didn't even give us time to collect our clothes. We had to abandon everything," said Lubabatu Isa, a 21-year-old carrying a baby strapped to her back.

Isa and Nura Auwal, another refugee, said about a dozen people died during the three-day walk to
the border. Auwal said they included a woman, Fatima Hassan, and her newborn twins.

"There was no water. It was very hot. They collapsed and died. Nobody had any energy left to help
them and we just had to leave them in the bush," said a distressed Auwal, 22.

Niger is hosting more than 100,000 other Nigerian refugees who have fled Boko Haram and who apparently are being allowed to remain in camps outside the Lake Chad area.



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No be Niger fault

Na boko haram cause am

Wetin Nigerians go dey find for desert country if the northern part of Nigeria was peaceful

Just in case we don't know other people will put their country first before anything learn now. We treat our own country as if we have another place to call home apart from hell.

Boko Haram..............

imagine the damage Jonathan has caused this great nation. Even Niger

This is very embarrassing,Niger of all countries!!

Imagine Niger Deporting Nigerians




S M H!

OREMUSSANCTUS:
All na wash cum formality
Buhari don meet wif niger president to send his boiz back to our country
Its so glaring
Say no to "change"
Say yes to transformation

I hope everything is alright sir.


I noticed you have never seen anything wrong in this present administration.


Am sorry to say... It is your type of people who led gej to the position he is @ the moment.



Cheerleader who can't speak the truth for once.



If this insurgency has been handled properly when it started, do you think there will be any refugee at all in the first place?


If this is how pdp good think, then something is wrong.


So far, it is only barcanista that seems to be objective in his views, though it seems the guy sef is now biased.


I still respect the guy called barcanista though but you... You need to take your drug sir.

juniormusa:
Chaaiii we really need transformation!

The same transformation that refused to transform our lives for five years?


Oh... Sorry... It did transform our lives negatively.

Chaaiii we really need transformation!

3000? Cheii

juniormusa:
Chaaiii we really need transformation!

We had transformation.......now we need change.

Naija Must Go!
But seriously, isn't this the same Niger we use to supply with uninterrupted electricity?
Is this how low our international rating has sunk?

Tit for tat game is on!

Nigerians now seeking refuge in Niger..Too bad

See how the mighty are falling...so Niger people that beg for alms in ilesa now can deport Nigerians...wonder. shall never end


The way this country is going down,we might discover oil in all the 36 states of the federation

Change don come make una come back home. sai buhari

Many of them are Nigeriens.
So why the fuss.

sai Buhari tola9ja

Ilekeh:
3000? Cheii




We had transformation.......now we need change.

Nup we need transformation!
What has GEJ done?

Can u just imagine,
Niger deporting Nigerians too.
Naija's name is really soiled nw,




But we'll be great again.

Common Niger

OREMUSSANCTUS:
All na wash cum formality
Buhari don meet wif niger president to send his boiz back to our country
Its so glaring
Say no to "change"
Say yes to transformation

I hate transformation

I love change!

Fry

F

no country respects Nigeria again. S.A, indonesia and now NIGER!

All dis little African villages called countries re using Niaja to get cheap popularity...E go beta oo

OREMUSSANCTUS:
All na wash cum formality
Buhari don meet wif niger president to send his boiz back to our country
Its so glaring
Say no to "change"
Say yes to transformation

E no go better for the person wey hide your medicine. You don nearly craze enter market so.

Drsheddy:


I hate transformation

I love change!

Na ya choice be dat
Datz to tell u we all got our own choice to make
We all can't be in same page

Say no to "change"
Say yes to transformation