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The camp is being run by the International Christian Mission under Pastor Solomon Folorunsho.
Six of the parents only came to see their children and were not going back with them.
Governor Adams Oshiomhole, who hosted the families and their children to a dinner at the Edo Government House, said the Red Cross reunited the children with their parents.
Oshiomhole said the state was not rejecting them, adding that the children were happy to return to their families.
The governor assured that President Muhammadu Buhari would flush out Boko Haram in the Northeast.
He said noting could be compared to the warmth of living with one’s family.
Oshiomhole advised then IDPs to be free to live in any part of the country as a Nigerian and that the state government was prepared to make their stay comfortable.
Oshiomhole said the other 800 IDPs at the camp would be given necessary education and facilities.
Nahata Ayuba, who was at the camp for his four children, said he lives in Nasarawa State with his wife.
The elated father said he was farming in his new location in Nasarawa State.
He promised to return his children to the camp so that they could continue their education.
Amos Azawarha, 50, a farmer in Abuja, said he wanted his family to be together.
A woman, who identified herself aimply as Mrs. Daniel, said her husband was killed by Boko Haram insurgents.
The woman said she lived in Abuja with her brother, adding that she would leave with two of her children while three others would remain at the camp.
Pastor Folorunsho said he was happy that the state government reunited some of the affected families.
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| Mr Peter Abram from Maiduguri and his children at a reception for Internally Displaced Persons by the Edo State Government before departing the state, on Sunday. |
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