The Amnesty International has said the Federal Government must investigate and prosecute the perpetrators of the killings in Plateau State and other parts of the country.
The AI said the killings had worsened because the Federal Government failed to bring the perpetrators to book, urging the devastated communities not to go on a reprisal.
Over 27 persons were murdered in Nkiedonwhro community in the Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State by unknown gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.
The killings, which occurred from last Friday till Sunday, happened barely 48 hours after the state government imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew.
The military, through the Nigerian Air Force, had on Thursday deployed its troops and fighter aircraft – L-39ZA and EC-135 – in the area to curtail the crisis.
The air force spokesperson, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, had said the step was a directive from President Muhammadu Buhari to the air force on the Plateau incident.
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