Top Nigerian musician, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, has
donated assorted relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons in
Makurdi.
2baba who was accompanied by his wife, Mrs Annie Idibia and his friends, made the donation on Tuesday.
He said that his prompt response to the plight of the displaced
persons was to let them know that he, his family and friends were
solidly behind them.
“The gesture is aimed at giving hope to the displaced persons and to ameliorate their hardship,” he
said. He assured the displaced persons that he and his friends would
send more relief materials to them to cushion their sufferings. While
urging the IDPs not to loose hope, Idia promised that they would not be
forsaken by individuals, groups and the government.
A screenshot from 2Face’s Instagram page
The Wife to the Benue Governor, Mrs Eunice Ortom, commended Idiba for coming to the aid of the displaced persons.
She said that the state was proud of him for the humanitarian
assistance he had been rendering to people across the globe. She said
that the materials donated by him and others would help to ameliorate
the sufferings and bring succour to the IDPs.
Ortom also expressed appreciation to other individuals, corporate
organizations and government, who donated relief materials to the
displaced persons. She noted that the gesture was demonstration of love
and concern for the displaced persons.
A representative of Fidelity Bank, Mr Emmanuel Aduku, said the bank
had donated relief materials worth N1 million to alleviate the
sufferings of the IDPs.