By Ebi Kesiena
Internally displaced people voting at the Malkohi camp in Yola, north-eastern Nigeria, looked forward to a positive transformation of the country.
While casting their ballot for the general elections on Saturday may IDP’s considered key issues such as the high cost of living, corruption and insecurity as major issues the new administration must address.
“The one thing we want the new leader to do for us the IDPs is for him to bring us back home so that we can live like normal human beings in our own home. That is all we want,» Idris Abdullahi, farmer a who was displaced from Gwoza said.
Also speaking, Umaru Abubakar stated that he hopes the new government will eventually bring peace to the region and return them to their homes.
‘‘When the new Government takes office, we hope that they will help us, the IDPS, since we also came out to vote. We hope that we will be treated equally because we too are like citizens of this land now.”
