Benue Killings: Ecowas Court Rules In Favour Of Agatu - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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March 1, 2019
Economic Community of West African States,ECOWAS Court of
Justice has ordered Nigeria to investigate the 2016 masskillings and
destruction of property in Agatu Community of Benue State.
The Federal Government was also mandated to identify andprosecute
the perpetrators as well as resettle the victims.
Delivering judgement in a suit brought by a Catholic priest,Reverend
Father Solomon Mfa, and 11 others, a three-member panel ofthe court
found the government in “violation of its obligation toprotect the human
rights of the Agatu Community and prevent its violation.
The applicants claimed that within the last three years,Fulani herdsmen
had carried out over 50 major attacks on Benue communities,the most
prominent of them taking place in 15 out of 23 councils.
The president, Justice Edward Asante, presided overproceedings, while
the judgement read by Justice Dupe Atoki, ordered thegovernment to
provide adequate security by deploying more security personnelto the
“area to protect the community and prevent furtheroccurrences of that
mayhem.”