Boko Haram terrorists have again struck Gwoza, Borno State refugees for the second time in a week, tragically at the very United Nations (UN) refugee camp where they have been for over 12 years.
Thousands of Christian refugees are stuck in Cameroon after waiting 12 years because the U.S. government canceled their airlift despite being approved for resettlement in America.
Sources confirmed that some of the refugees went back to Nigeria three weeks ago after being lured by the Borno State government and were killed when Boko Haram terrorists attacked Pulka last weekend.
However, international human rights lawyer Emmanuel Ogebe was informed on Sunday that the terrorists attacked and killed some of those remaining in the UN camp in Cameroon. Ogebe had visited the camp 12 years ago.
Lawyer Ogebe had petitioned the United States government to resettle the 58,000 Gwoza refugees in Cameroon abroad, decrying their repatriation to Borno.
He also lamented the “Whites Only” immigration policy in place since December, 2025, stating that “U.S. should urgently assist resettlement of Nigerian refugees currently in Cameroon in Third countries.
“A priority humanitarian intervention recommended for urgent attention is the critical Gwoza refugee population in Cameroon.
“While in Nigeria, the Borno government is trying to incentivize them back to an unsafe region after over a decade. Apparently he just visited them in the same Cameroonian Far North camp I visited in 2014. As you know, Gwoza is still occupied by terrorists so this is a set up for disaster.
“They are now eligible for international resettlement in western host countries but Zulum’s action undermines their relocation abroad.
“I urge the USG to prioritize these persecution refugees’ resettlement in your humanitarian response proposals.
“While thousands self-repatriated from Cameroon, those who came back to Nigeria are suffering in camps outside Abuja as they can’t return to Gwoza. Please see a new report on the conditions of camps even in Abuja https://mikearnold.org/new-report-internally-displaced-persons-in-the-federal-capital-territory-abuja/.
“Our assessment indicates that some of the Nigerian refugees were resettled abroad from Cameroun:
– 97 in USA.
– 106 in CANADA
– 7 in ITALY schooling
– 125 in FRANCE
“Unfortunately while others are in the process of resettling in the US and other countries, an executive order has just been signed partially restricting Nigerian immigrant and non-immigrant visas.
“That’s the point of making this high priority post-CODEL recommendation. It was already problematic that only white South Africans were eligible refugees and that the U.S. had capped the amount of refugees for 2026. This policy dissonance is apparent when the executive action directly contradicts its problem identification.
“Since 1990, less than 2,000 white farmers have been killed in South Africa.
“In the last two years, 2,000 Christian farmers were killed in Benue state alone in Nigeria. That’s 2000 in 35 years in one country compared to 2,000 in just one of 36 states in another country in two years!”
Commenting on the recent atrocities, Ogebe said: “This is a new low for insecurity. In Benue State, IDPs have been attacked and killed in IDP camps but for Nigerian refugees to be killed abroad in Cameroon is totally devastating.”
Some sources are insinuating that the attack may have been orchestrated to force them back to Nigeria because they refused the government’s enticement of N500,000 to return.
“Whatever the case,” Ogebe noted, “U.S. refusal to airlift them has exposed them to these attacks. I urge the USA to airlift them immediately and also secure the UN refugee camp.”
