2,600 killed in 50 Benue communities attacks in one year – Amnesty International

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2,600 persons, mostly women and children, have been killed following attacks on 50 Benue communities between January 2023 and February 2024, Amnesty International says.

Amnesty International Programme Director, Mrs Barbara Magaji, disclosed this during a photo exhibition and news conference on Wednesday, in Makurdi.

“These displacements are having significant and adverse effects on the right to livelihoods, and depriving thousands of children of the right to education and development. She stressed the need for Nigerian authorities to end the attacks in Benue because they had a duty to protect lives. “Nigerian authorities must investigate the security lapses that enabled gunmen to carry out attacks and get away with it.

 

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