Nigeria: Crimes of Violence

(asked on 6th July 2018) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the total number of fatalities from farmer-herder clashes in Nigeria since October 2017; and what proportion of the fatalities resulting from those clashes were (a) farmers and (b) herders.


Answered by
Harriett Baldwin Portrait
Harriett Baldwin
This question was answered on 11th July 2018

There is no corroborative data on the number of fatalities resulting from violence between farmers and herders in Nigeria. These clashes continue to have a devastating impact on the communities affected and both sides are believed to have suffered hundreds of casualties. We continue to urge all parties to find a peaceful solution to the complex underlying causes of these incidents.

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