Nigeria, April 30 -- Amnesty International has accused Nigerian authorities of failing to protect detained Fulani pastoralists in Kwara State, alleging that at least 150 people, most of them children, died in a military-controlled camp where displaced persons were held for months under harsh conditions.

In a statement on Tuesday, the organisation said those who died were among about 1,500 Fulani men, women and children detained at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp in Yikpata after fleeing attacks by armed groups across parts of the state.

Amnesty said its findings were based on field research conducted between 5 and 11 April, during which its investigators visited the camp and surrounding communities, interviewed ...