The Nasarawa State Government stated that not less than 18,000 people in the state were displaced due to a spillover from the killings in Benue State in January. According to the Special Adviser to Governor Umaru Al-Makura on Security Matter, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Adeka (retd.), stated this at a press conference on Thursday in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital.

Adeka said the reports received showed that the spillover of the attacks on some communities in Benue State led to the displacement of many people in the border towns between the two states.

Adeka said, “Currently, there are over 18,000 Internally Displaced Persons from various communities in the Awe and Keana local government areas who are in 11 camps in the state.”

He said security had been beefed up in the affected areas, adding that the government had set up mobile clinics in the IDPs camps.

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