The Nigerian authorities must carry out an independent, impartial and effective investigation into the deadly Sunday 12 July 2026 attack on Otukpo Nobi and Akpachi-Ugboju Benue state in which at least 10 people were killed.
The attacks have already been generating fear and panic across Otukpo LGA and beyond. Government must live upto its main obligation of protecting lives and property.
Protests by youth in the aftermath of the attack shows that people have had enough and seek an end to frequent attacks and abductions that have made life a hell in many parts of Benue state. The fact that the protesters carried the victims’ corpses to the Och’Idoma Palace to register their grievances is another indication that it is time to urgently end the bloodshed.
Families of some victims told Amnesty International that many people have been missing since the attack, which had also left many people severely injured.
Frequent attacks on rural communities of Benue state have left the state littered with fresh graves and several internally displaced person’s camps.
The Nigerian authorities must take urgent steps to protect lives and avert a humanitarian catastrophe in Benue where attacks by gunmen have displaced at least 500,000 people, many of whom are languishing in squalid camps without access to sufficient water, poor sanitation, food and healthcare.
The authorities must also prioritize holding suspected perpetrators to account.
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