•Lawyer Ogebe critiques US congressional bill and presidential report on Nigeria for not providing for stranded persecuted Christians

Boko Haram terrorists have again attacked Gwoza refugees for the second time this year in Nigeria after returning from the UN refugee camp in Cameroun where they have been for a dozen years.

Thousands of Christian refugees from Gwoza, Borno State, are stuck in Cameroon after 12 years because the U.S. The government canceled their airlift despite being approved to resettle in America. 97 of them had arrived in America before the Trump administration halted the relocation of thousands more still at the Minawao camp in Cameroun.

Some went back to Nigeria weeks ago after being lured by the Borno State Government with an offer of N500,000 and were distressed when Boko Haram attacked Pulka recently.

However, breaking news provided to international human rights lawyer Emmanuel Ogebe reveals that Boko Haram attacked again some of those who returned from Cameroun yesterday in Ngoshe, Borno State.

According to a witness, “I just went and saw the route to Ngoshe. All I see is catastrophe – mass exodus of people moving – no network for communication and the situation is worse. One of the elders was shot in the mouth – a bullet passed through nose. One elder slaughtered, houses completely razed down, and a hospital destroyed including the primary and secondary school. The kidnapped others.

“I just spoke with (names withheld) regarding the situation. The Boko Haram have left but the tragedy has happened – countless lives lost, victims kidnapped, including soldiers captured alive, many people are still missing. Even the Pulka that people run to seek protection – network for communication has been cut off.”

A Security report provided indicated as follows:

SECURITY INCIDENT REPORT: ATTACK ON NGOSHE & DISPLACEMENT TO PULKA

Date & Time: March 3–4, 2026 (from approx. 1830hrs)

Location: Ngoshe town, Gwoza LGA (approx. 18km from Pulka), Borno State

Info:

Yesterday, March 3, 2026 at about 1830hrs, the AOGs attacked the military formation in Ngoshe town. Reports indicate that the barracks was infiltrated and subsequently overrun. Despite the deployment of a reinforcement team and Close Air Support (CAS), the AOGs reportedly maintained their position and did not retreat until this morning.

Following the attack, the residents in Ngoshe arrived in Pulka in large numbers this morning due to fear.

Residents who fled through mountainous routes this morning reported house-to-house searches, killings, and widespread burning of residential structures by AOGs in Ngoshe. Most houses in Ngoshe were reported to have been destroyed. The number of civilian fatalities is currently unknown but feared to be high.

Pulka is currently experiencing heightened tension, driven by the influx of traumatized civilians & the visible presence of dislodged troops. Health facilities in Pulka are overwhelmed, currently treating wounded civilians and injured soldiers.

Advice:

• Limit visibility and avoid non-essential movements within Pulka until further notice.

• Maintain heightened vigilance and situational awareness.

• Closely monitor official security updates and field-level information as the situation remains fluid.”

Commenting on the development, Lawyer Ogebe lamented that he had petitioned the U.S. Congressional delegation to resettle 58,000 Gwoza refugees in Cameroun abroad and warned against their repatriation to Borno in December, 2025:

U.S. SHOULD URGENTLY ASSIST RESETTLEMENT OF NIGERIAN REFUGEES CURRENTLY IN CAMEROUN IN THIRD COUNTRIES

A priority humanitarian intervention recommended for urgent attention is the critical Gwoza refugee population in Cameroun.

While you were 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 Cameroun, 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 the 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 2000 white farmers have been killed in South Africa.

In the last two years, 2000 Christian farmers were killed in Benue state alone in Nigeria. That’s 2000 in 35 years in one country compared to 2000 in just one of 36 states in another country in two years!”

Commenting on Tuesday's attack, Ogebe said in an e-mail to News Express: “The US aims to process 4,500 refugee applications from white South Africans per month, far above President Trump's stated refugee-program cap of 7500 in 2026, a US contracting document said.

“However, the Trump administration halted the airlift of persecuted Christian refugees who had been approved for resettlement after 12 years in a Cameroun UN camp. Unfortunately, neither the new US House Nigeria Accountability Bill 7457 nor the Riley committee presidential report and recommendations on the situation addressed the stranded refugees issue.

“Trump stopped those Christian refugees awaiting airlift to America long before his recent visa ban on Nigerians.

“A pregnant Christian refugee was killed in the Cameron camp days ago. Yet Trump is denying safety and refuge to the people he acknowledges are persecuted.

“But it gets worse – the US is scamming Nigerian visa applicants who they have already banned by still accepting visa fees. The US is building its most expensive consulate at half a billion dollars in Lagos which is one of its most lucrative visa processing centers globally. Why not stop the money spinner if you’re not providing visas???

“This is a new low for insecurity and racism. Islamic extremism rendered them refugees and white racism retained them as refugees. The Borno government is paying refugees N500,000 each to come and be killed and they’re going because USG left them vulnerable.

“I urge the USA to airlift them immediately and Borno, Cameroun and FGN to stop the death repatriations.”