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World’s human rights organisation, Amnesty International said insecurity has left over 2,600 dead, and over 50 rural communities in Benue State have recorded a total of 135 attacks in the last year.The organisation claimed as it released data on Benue State’s humanitarian crisis on Wednesday.
It said, “Over 55 schools have been destroyed by armed attackers, just as over 23 local markets have been attacked and destroyed.”Also, over 80 per cent of farming populations in Agatu, Guma and Gwer West have been displaced, with no access to their farmland or any means of livelihood. The organisation called on the federal government, to halt and investigate the attacks, and ensure justice for victims as over 489, 245 Internal Displaced Persons were captured in camp from March 2023 to date.Last December, the group demanded justice for victims of a Nigerian military strike on a civilian population.
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