Gbenga Hashim meets US Commission, draws global attention to over 3.6m IDPs

Accord Party presidential candidate, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has accused the Federal Government of failing to adequately protect vulnerable communities from terrorist attacks, religious persecution and ethnic discrimination, as he drew the attention of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) to the plight of about 3.68 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) across Nigeria.
Hashim, who engaged the Commission at the weekend, called for greater international scrutiny of Nigeria’s worsening humanitarian and security challenges, insisting that the suffering of victims should not be viewed exclusively through the Christian-Muslim divide, as members of both...