There are reports that no fewer than 16 people have been confirmed dead and over 170 people hospitalized after a recent cholera outbreak at three Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp in Maiduguri, Borno state capital.

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) officials and those from the World Health Organizations (WHO) who are stationed at the camps say the situation in the camp at the moment is terrible and requires immediate and drastic action.

“The situation at the IDP camps is terrible. It was sudden and already a large number has been affected. At the last count, we have 16 dead and about 172 affected. We are in an emergency health situation in those camps.”one of the officials told Vanguard in a telephone interview.

Meanwhile National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) Information Officer, Abdulkadir Ibrahim has denied the outbreak of the viral disease at the IDP camps but rather reported cases of diarrhea and vomiting.







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