Nigeria, Oct. 8 -- A Plateau State-based human rights defender and conflict reporter, Lawrence Zongo, has reportedly been arrested after he visited a military medical facility in Jos to see relatives injured in an attack in Bassa Local Government Area of the state.

Mr Zongo was allegedly taken into custody on Monday at the Maxwell Khobe Cantonment, Rukuba Barracks, which houses the headquarters of the Nigerian Army's 3 Division in Jos, according to sources familiar with the incident.

The sources said Mr Zongo had gone to the facility after relatives were attacked in Miango, Bassa LGA, on Sunday night.

One of his first cousins was reportedly among those injured and later died from injuries sustained in the attack, the sources said.

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