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Destruction of 12 towns |
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| Type of violation |
Forced eviction Demolition/destruction Dispossession/confiscation |
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| Date | 01 October 2001 | ||||||||
| Region | AFA [ Africa anglophone ] | ||||||||
| Country | Nigeria | ||||||||
| Location | Pera, Kyado, Gbeji, Chome, Ife, Jooleshitile, Torja, Vaase, Zaki-Ibiam, Ise Adoor, Sunkera and Tor Donga | ||||||||
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| Proposed solution |
Prosecution of perpetrators and full reparations for victims. |
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| Brief narrative |
A similar fate befell some towns in Benue State in October, 2001. Soldiers, again on a reprisal attack destroyed every building in sight in Pera, Kyado, Gbeji, Chome, Ife, Jooleshitile, Torja, Vaase, Zaki-Ibiam, Ise Adoor, Sunkera and Tor Donga. The soldiers used heavy artillery, along side rocket propelled grenades. When they ran short of ammunition, they used petrol and dry grass to torch the buildings. Zaki Ibiam, in particular, was a town of about 20.000 inhabitants, reputed to have the largest yam market in Nigeria. Yam is a staple food that is commonly consumed in Nigeria. Source: Ray Onyegu and Kalu Onuoha, Housing Rights in Nigeria (Lagos: Socio Economic Rights Initiative, July 2007), pp. 103–06. Affected person counted in this record are only those of Zaki Ibiam. No other data are available on the number of affected persons in other communities. In 2007, the Nigerian army apologized for the Zaki Ibiam destruction and evictions. (See development attached below.) | ||||||||
| Costs | € 0 | ||||||||
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