Nigeria: Nassarawa Killings - Relief Money Hijacked From Policemen's Widows

30 June 2013

... Women seek herbalists' help to find 'missing cops'

"My husband is not dead. Therefore I won't accept any money in lieu of him". "Our husbands are not dead; they are only held hostage by alleged cultists. They can be rescued by herbalists". These statements summarise the responses of some of the widows of the over 100 security officers killed in Nassarawa State by people suspected to be members of a cult. Life has not been the same for the widows and orphans since the demise of their bread winners.

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