Amnesty International said the scale of the attacks required urgent intervention from the Nigerian government, particularly President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
At least 2000 residents of Dekera District in Niger State have fled Nigeria for neighbouring Benin Republic following attacks in which hundreds of people were reportedly abducted by bandits during raids on mosques, the Amnesty International has said.
The global human rights organisation, in a statement on Friday, said the mass displacement followed attacks last Friday, August 21, raising fresh concerns over the worsening insecurity and abduction crisis affecting rural communities in northern Nigeria.
Amnesty International said the scale of the attacks required urgent intervention from the Nigerian government, particularly President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
“At least 2,000 people from Dekera district in Nigeria’s Niger State have fled into neighbouring Benin after the attacks last Friday in which hundreds of people were abducted during a raid by gunmen on mosques in the area,” Amnesty International said.
