Nigeria: Renewed Communal Clashes Claim 12 in Benue

9 August 2012

Twelve people were feared killed, while about 20,000 others were reportedly displaced in a communal clash between inhabitants of Ojantele and Ijegwu communities in Otukpo and Obi Local Government Areas of Benue State.

It was also gathered that properties worth several millions of naira were destroyed during the clash.

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