ICC Note: The Red Cross has reported that over 17,000 People have gone missing in 2018 so far due to Boko Haram and Fulani Militants. This is an incredible and disturbing number for the state of Nigeria.

08/27/2018 Nigeria (AllAfrica) – A recent report by the International Committee of the Red Cross said between January and June this year, 17,000 Nigerians went missing from their homes and villages mostly on account of the raging terrorist campaign by Boko Haram, as well as other acts of violence carried out across the country. Out of this number, 7,100 are children.

Recently, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) made a grisly disclosure about the humanitarian disaster going on in Nigeria as a result of the extremist campaign of terrorist and violent groups like Boko Haram, as well as the farmers-cattle herders’ clashes. Detailing the crisis in its report, tagged “Facts and Figures Report: January to June 2018”, ICRC said no fewer than 17,000 Nigerians had gone missing from their homes. ICRC indicated the development was largely caused by the Boko Haram insurgency and other acts of violence in various parts of the country.

It recalled how the country witnessed increased cases of violence in states, such as Benue, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Plateau and Taraba since January this year, adding that such violent acts claimed and injured several people and forced thousands of others to flee their homes and take refuge in makeshift camps.

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