Mass killings largely ignored in 2 Nigerian states.

Why is mass murder ignored in Nigeria?
Perhaps the Nigerian people blame others for their poverty and misery.
(CNN) -- Horrific ethnic and religious violence resulting in "mass murder" and other abuses in two central Nigerian states has largely gone ignored by the authorities, rights group Human Rights Watch said Thursday.

Its report, focused on Plateau and Kaduna states, is based on interviews with more than 180 witnesses and victims of violence as well as police investigators, prosecutors, defense lawyers, judges and community leaders.

Many of the victims, including women and children, Christians and Muslims, "were hacked to death, burned alive, or shot simply based on their ethnic or religious identity," said the report, "Leave Everything to God: Accountability for Inter-Communal Violence in Plateau and Kaduna States, Nigeria."

And a seeming culture of impunity has created a cycle of violence as individuals who find no recourse elsewhere seek retribution for wrongs done to them, it said.
"However, the Nigerian authorities have taken no meaningful steps to address underlying grievances or, until recently, bring to justice those responsible for the bloodshed," it said.

Human Rights Watch lays much of the blame for the culture of impunity at the door of "an already broken criminal justice system."

Perhaps someone who lives there can explain why Nigeria is such a violent, dangerous and disgusting place?