Overview

• Amnesty International Nigeria reports that gunmen killed at least 100 people in Yelewata overnight, while state officials dispute the figure with a toll of 45 deaths.
• Dozens of residents remain missing and hundreds of survivors are injured and lacking adequate medical care after the two-hour attack.
• Eyewitnesses and social media footage describe houses set ablaze and bodies burned beyond recognition during the early morning assault.
• Governor Hyacinth Alia has sent a delegation to support victims’ families as rights groups demand authorities bring the perpetrators to justice.
• Since 2019, conflicts over land and water between mainly Fulani herders and predominantly Christian farmers have killed more than 500 people and displaced over 2.2 million in the region.