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
Family of policeman allegedly killed by three DSS operatives seek justice
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By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo
Family of a policeman, Fawale Rauf, allegedly killed by three operatives of the Department of State Services during a fight sought justice for their late son.
It was gathered that the late Rauf was involved in a fisticuff with three unidentified personnel of the DSS on Thursday, January 14, around a popular bar at Oke-Fia area in Osogbo around 6 pm.
A check showed that the deceased was smashed on the head with a stick several times by his assailant for yet to be known reasons. He was however taken to a private hospital by his friends and later discharged, but on developing further complications, he was referred to the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, where he eventually died on Sunday.
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