Amnesty International Slams Govt Over Killings in Plateau
The global human rights body, Amnesty International, has condemned the killing of at least 15 people in Plateau State, accusing Nigerian authorities of abandoning rural communities to repeated attacks by armed men.
The organisation’s statement followed Monday evening’s assault on Tim, Koppang, Mihidihin, Jiblang, Jilem, Jibin, and Manden villages in Chakfem district of Mangu Local Government Area.
The attackers razed homes, destroyed property, and displaced more than 300 residents.
Amnesty in a statement on Thursday, said, “The Nigerian authorities must investigate the horrific attack in which gunmen killed 15 people at Tim, Koppang, Mihidihin, Jiblang, Jilem, Jibin, and Manden villages of Chakfem, Mangu Local Government area of Plateau state.
“Apart from slaughtering everyone they came across, the gunmen also razed homes and other property. Eyewitnesses told Amnesty International that the attack forced over 300 people to flee their homes.”
It described the incident as another indication of how vulnerable rural Plateau communities remain to incessant violence that often leaves entire settlements destroyed.
The group criticised government inaction, warning that failure to end the bloodshed is costing lives and livelihoods.
Amnesty further disclosed that between December 2023 and February 2024, no fewer than 1,336 people were killed in Plateau — 533 women, 263 children, and 540 men — while 29,554 people were displaced, including 13,093 children.
It also recalled that in April 2025, 51 people were massacred in villages in Bassa Local Government Area.
The organisation stressed that unless urgent security measures are taken, rural communities across Plateau will remain exposed to recurring violence, mass displacement, and devastation.
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