Nigerian Plateau Crises Claimed 54,000 Lives

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About 53,787 persons lost their lives in the various crises that engulfed Plateau State before President Olusegun Obasanjo proclaimed emergency rule on the state on May 17.

A breakdown of the casualty figure revealed that 18,931 men, 17,397 women and 17,459 children allegedly lost their lives in the spate of crises in the state beginning with the September 7, 2001 ethno-religious carnage.

Addressing pressmen in Jos yesterday, the Special Adviser to the State Administrator on Resettlement and Rehabilitation, Mr. Thomas Kangnaan disclosed that the Committee's findings revealed that 25,129 houses, 865 shops and 1,326 cattles among others were also lost during the crises.

According to him, public institutions like primary and secondary schools estimated at over N130 million were destroyed, adding that public health facilities yet to be estimated were destroyed within the same period.

Plateau Crises Claimed 54,000 Lives

Also reported by the beeb: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3724218.stm

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1. Just an unfortunate little tribal spat.

We are sure our good friend Mr. Obasanjo is doing the
best he can while selling us his oil. He has done an
excellent job of fellating Mr. Bush and the Chevron Oil
Company. And he was very helpful with that little matter
in Haiti. The genocide in Biafra went away eventually,
after all. I'm sure this will come out OK in the end too.
:puke: