Double trauma: Displaced by violent attacks, hunger worsens COVID-19 impact on Southern Kaduna children
Published 12 December 2020
JESUSEGUN ALAGBE reports on the tragic situation of children caught up in the conflict in the southern part of Kaduna State
Loud shouts of “run, run, run!” woke up heavy-eyed Jonathan Badamosi from his sleep around 6am on March 11, 2019. “Fetch your sister and run now!” his mother screamed.
Hurriedly, Badamosi, 11, woke up his five-year-old sister, Muradi (a Hausa word meaning ‘My Desire’), and on his mother’s instruction, they ran out from the house.
Badamosi did not ask his mother any questions about what was happening and where he and his sister should flee. First, there was no time to do that, and second, he already knew what was happening. He just needed to run somewhere where he and his sister could escape from the onslaught of the rampaging suspected Fulani militiamen.