At least 80 people were killed in an attack in northern Nigeria. The attacks are sometimes reprisals and are mostly in remote areas where security forces are outnumbered and outgunned. Local residents said it was carried out by herdsmen after a resident complained that his banana plantation had been destroyed by their cattle. Residents also said security forces only arrived a day after the attack began, echoing criticisms from analysts that security forces are sometimes slow to respond when violence breaks out. Meanwhile, police investigating a separate deadly attack in the southeastern Anambra state said two suspects have been arrested.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 18, 2023 18:35 UTC