By Musdapha Ilo, Maiduguri

Two internally displaced persons living in one of the camps operated by the Church of Brethren in Maiduguri have died over the weekend from some health complications.

The two, Daniel Kadagha, 47, and Tani Dughwadza, 68, are among the over 100,000 internally displaced persons living in various camps in Maiduguri managed by the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN.

While Kadagha, who is survived by six children, died at the State Specialist Hospital Maiduguri as a result of kidney failure/problem, Dughwadza died as a result of cardiac arrest.

It was also gathered that two other IDPs had suffered psychiatric problems and had been treated and discharged by doctors at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Maiduguri.

With the latest deaths, the number of those who have lost their lives in the Christian camps has risen to nine.

There are currently an estimated 48,348 Christian internally displaced persons in camps operated by the EYN’s Jerusalem Camps.

The camp coordinator, Daniel Ali Garga said the camp community was still yet to overcome the shock of the death of the duo.

He said the two have since been buried at the Dala cemetery.

It would be recalled that since the sacking of many communities by insurgents several Christian IDPs particularly from Gwoza, Chibok, Damboa, Askira/Uba, Kukawa local government areas of Borno state; Michika and Madagali council areas of Adamawa State were compelled to relocate to Maiduguri.

They had since then stayed on camps managed by the  Borno state chapter of CAN.

The camps are scattered in parts of Maiduguri and are managed by several Christian ministries under the CAN umbrella.