NIGERIAN SOLDIERS SEXUALLY ABUSED US -BORNO IDP's OPEN UP

Internally displaced persons (IDP) in the north east say they are being suppressed from opening up on the alleged sexual abuse ongoing in their camps.

Amnesty International released a report alleging that soldiers and civilian joint task force (JTF) demanded s*x from IDPs in exchange for food. The military led some journalist to various IDP camps and at the end, They said no case of sexual abuse was discovered. However, The IDPs have said they were asked to say "There were no issues" in the camp during the visit, By the Nigerian Army. They spoke in a statemen, Under Knifar, a movement of women IDPs in the region, and led by Hajiya Hamsatu Allamin, a rights activist. The statement published via the movements twitter handle read "The military came to Dalori with journalist to ask us displaced women if we were raped. Before the visit, The women were told to say everything is fine, That there are no issue, Is this the way our complaints are handled? "One of our members was there, She has an 18-month-old-son, Fathered by a soldier, Too scared and intimidated to speak, She said nothing, No one spoke, Why are we forced to be exposed in such a way? "It happened to us, It is real, And we formed our group to allow women get accountability. We have said it before, We are ready to speak but we cannot imagine this is the way to do this. They asked the president to hear their cry and "Investigate the soldiers who r*ped us while we were in Bama" "Our children died because they were not enough food, Unless we had s*x with soldiers, They said, Adding; "We have said it before we're ready to speak to any investigation team the president sends to us. We only asked that it will not be led by soldiers as they're also the ones who abuse our women" Texas Chukwu, Army spokesman, Did not answer calls made by the cable or reply the text message sent to his mobile phone regarding the IDP's camp.