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ZAMFARA: How 345 lives were wasted, 468 kidnapped in six months
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By Clifford Ndujihe
IN the last six months, Zamfara State has remained a beehive of killings and kidnappings on account of banditry and war against the bandits by the security agencies.
Vanguard’s tally and data obtained from the Nigeria Security Tracker, NST, a project of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa programme, showed that no fewer than 345 persons were killed in the state between September 2020 and February 2021. Within the period, no fewer than 468 persons including women, children and school girls were abducted by the bandits.
On the average, this indicates that Zamfara records 58 deaths and 78 abducted monthly.
KILLING FIELDS: 1,525 Nigerians killed in six weeks of 2021
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…South-East most peaceful zone, North-West deadliest
By Clifford Ndujihe, Politics Editor
AS flames of violence and other forms of lives guzzling insecurity flicker in many parts of the country, Nigeria has literally become a killing field.
In the first six weeks of 2021, lives of no fewer than 1, 525 persons have been wasted across the country Vanguard’s investigation, and data obtained from the Nigeria Security Tracker, NST, a project of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa programme, have shown.
The Nigeria Security Tracker tracks violence that is both causal and symptomatic of Nigeria’s political instability and citizen alienation. The data are based on weekly surveys of Nigerian and international media.
Timeline: How 1,525 Nigerians were killed in six weeks
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In the first six weeks of 2021, no fewer than 1, 525 persons have died across the country, Vanguard’s investigation and data obtained from the Nigeria Security Tracker, NST, a project of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa programme, have shown.
The 1,525-death figure, which is conservative, covers only reported cases arising from the Boko Haram insurgency, banditry, herdsmen crisis, kidnapping, communal and cult clashes, armed robbery, and brutality of security agents among others.
Bellow are how Nigerians were killed in the zones:
South-East – 85
How 1,525 lives were wasted in six weeks