The group also asked the president to address the nation on the issue, to avert reprisals.
The group said paying compensation and reaching out to the families would bring equity, justice and foreclosing of any possibility of vengeance or reprisal.”
Mr Aliyu said the killing came while efforts were being made to ensure peace between TIV and Fulanis in Nasarawa and Benue states. “We, nonetheless, also call on the federal government to, as a matter of urgency, investigate all its security agencies especially the Nigerian Air Force based on the alleged use of helicopter gunships and drones in the Doma massacre to do well beyond condemnation, and fish out the perpetrators. Nigerians are desperately yearning for concrete actions.
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