A human rights organisation, Gideon and Funmi Para-Mallam Peace Foundation said that at least, 346 persons have been killed within three months in eight Local Government Areas in Plateau State.
The organistaion stated this in its report released on Thursday.
The organisation said out of the number, over 200 lives have been lost to sustained violent attacks in Mangu LGA alone as of Saturday, July 8, 2023.
The Founder and Executive Director of the Foundation, Rev. Dr. Gideon Para-Mallam who gave the figure in the report obtained by journalists in Abuja said that in the killings which took place between April 17- July 10, 2023, there were currently about 18,751 Internally Displaced Persons in 14 camps in Plateau State.
This story was initially published by PUNCH