Nigerians Have Become Refugees In Their Own Country, CJN Cries Out

[Shola Sholaz]

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, Monday, identified good governance and respect for the fundamental rights of citizenry as stipulated in the constitution as a panacea for peace and security stability in the country.
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Addressing Judges and Kadis at the opening ceremony of a 5-days workshop on refugee law holding at the National Judicial Institute, NJI, in Abuja, the CJN, said it was unfortunate that most Nigerians have become refugees in their own country, decrying that, "These  people are forced to flee their homes, ancestral places of abode and places of business due to no fault of theirs."
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She said: "Now, the internally displaced persons are often referred to as Refugees in their own country. In the time past, internal displacement was an uncommon phenomenon especially in Nigeria.