Nigeria, Dec. 17 -- The Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has ordered the establishment of a judicial panel of inquiry into the killing of protesters in Lamurde Local Government Area, where 10 women and an 11-year-old girl were shot dead on 8 December.

The governor announced the decision on Tuesday during a visit to Lamurde and surrounding communities in the Suwa District.

He described the killings as "tragic, unacceptable and deeply troubling," and vowed that those responsible would be held to account.

Mr Fintiri said the panel, to be chaired by a retired high court judge, would conduct an open and impartial investigation into the circumstances of the killings.

He said it would determine both the immediate and remote causes of ...