The Mangu conflict displaced more than 80,000 people in three months If the problem in Plateau State is to be fully handled, according to se...
The Mangu conflict displaced more than 80,000 people in three months
If the problem in Plateau State is to be fully handled, according to security experts, new steps must be employed.
According to a top government official, at least 80,000 people have left their homes as a result of ethnic conflict in Plateau State, central Nigeria, in the past three months. More troops have been deployed to address the issue.
According to the president of the local administration, since May there has been an upsurge in the onset of confrontation between farmers and herdsmen, particularly in Mangu, which has resulted in the deaths of about 300 people.
Because of this, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Army Staff of Nigeria, visited Mangu last weekend and swore to "eliminate the conflict in its entirety."
The security team for Operation Safe Haven relocated to Mangu and sent 300 more soldiers and supplies to deal with the issue.
"Collaborate with the locals. Since you are the community's soldiers, you must respond immediately to their requests for assistance, stated Major General Taoreed Lagbaja.
According to estimates, 80,000 people have been driven from their houses and are now living in 11 camps within this local government, according to Markus Artu, chairman of the Mangu Local Government, in an interview with the AFP news agency.
He also mentioned that a primary school is now home to 18,000 conflict-related refugees.
Daniel, one of the Yamput camps' administrators, confirmed this number to AFP.
Grace Emmanuel, 70, said, "The conflict has driven us from our homes, destroyed our farms, and left us sheltering in a primary school."
The residents are still receiving assistance from aid organizations, but they have not yet published a report on how many people the war has forced to leave their homes.
The dispute, according to local pastoralist groups, has cut them off from their homes.