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The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said no fewer than 35,000 people have been killed since the inception of the insurgency in the North East in 2009 to August 2023.


UNHCR’s Head, of the Adamawa Office, Mrs. Elsie Mills-Tetty, made the disclosure yesterday, in Yola, Adamawa State, at a training for military personnel on human rights, humanitarian principles and civilians protection, organized by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), in collaboration with UNHCR.


Mills-Tetty, who was represented by the Assistant Protection Officer, Umar Abdullahi, said this was according to the “Global Centre for Responsibility to Protect” report of August 2023.

She said the implication of the acts to the economic and social development of Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, and Nigeria at large can never be overemphasized, adding that in 2022, the NHRC reported that it investigated complaints on human rights as well as assisted victims in seeking redress.


Mills-Tetty said: “Cumulatively, the commission received 2.314 complaints. Adamawa had 65,456 complaints, which is approximately three percent of the total complaints from the 36 states of the federation.

“The 2022 NHRC report also indicated that incidences of insurgency, banditry, kidnappings, farmers/herders clashes and attacks by gunmen continued to increase with the attendant number of internally displaced persons who face enormous human rights violations.”

She further called on the participants to take advantage of the training to boost their knowledge of human rights in the course of their duties.

SOURCE: The Sun
https://sunnewsonline.com/insurgency-35000-died-in-north-east-unhcr/
Insurgency: 35,000 died in North East –UNHCR
