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Nigeria: 168 killed in herdsmen-farmer clashes in Jan
[AA.TR] At least 168 people have been killed in festivities between herdsmen and farmers in Nigeria so far in January, while 549 were killed in 2017, according to The rights group said the government's response to the violence was unimpressive and that its deployment of soldiers to villages caught in the crisis had only worsened the situation because troops displayed "excessive force". "Nigerian authorities' response to communal violence is totally inadequate, too slow and ineffective, and in some cases unlawful," Osai Ojigho, "Clashes between herdsmen and farmers in Adamawa, Benue, Taraba, Ondo and Kaduna have resulted in 168 deaths in January 2018 alone. "Hundreds of people bit the dust last year, and the government is still not doing enough to protect communities from these violent festivities. Worse, the killers are getting away with murder," Ojigho said, and called on the Nigerian authorities to investigate these attacks and "where these investigations indicate criminal responsibility, prosecute those responsible and bring them to justice". Posted by: Fred 2018-01-31 |
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