The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said it has constituted an investigative panel to look into allegations of child trafficking and rape in some internally displaced persons’ camps in the North east.In a statement issued by the Senior Information Officer with the agency, Mr. Sani Datti, said the panel has two weeks to complete its investigation.
It said the Director General of NEMA, Muhammad Sani Sidi, had on Monday in Abuja met with stakeholders including representatives of Department of State Services, Nigeria Police Force, National Human Rights Commission, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Nigerian Red Cross Society, Gombe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency and a representative of the publisher.
The committee has the membership of Department of State Sertrvices, Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Red Cross Society, Office of National Security Adviser, National Human Rights Commission, National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic In Persons, Journalists Agaisnt Disaster and NEMA. Others include Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, International Organisation for Migration, SEMA Borno, SEMA Gombe and SEMA Adamawa.Sani Sidi urged the committee to work in a transparent and honest manner.
Among the terms of reference set for the panel are to verify allegations of rape interacting with all stakeholders, carry out town hall meetings in all the camps mentioned in the allegation and interact with IDPs and theirs Leaders.Others include to Interact with University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospitalv. Interact with NEMA North east zonal office, SEMAs, SSS, Red Cross, Army and Police, interact with other international players and determine if there is any culpability of government agencies.
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