The Nigerian government should provide prompt, adequate, and effective compensation to the victims and their families.

ABUJA, Nigeria, January 18, 2017/APO/ --

The following quote is from Mausi Segun, senior Nigeria researcher at Human Rights Watch:

“The Nigerian government should provide prompt, adequate, and effective compensation to the victims and their families of the January 17 bombing of the displaced persons camp in Rann, Borno State.

Even if there is no evidence of a willful attack on the camp, which would be a war crime, the camp was bombed indiscriminately, violating international humanitarian law.

Victims should not be denied redress merely because the government decided the bombing was accidental.”

Distributed by APO on behalf of Human Rights Watch (HRW).