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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.
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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
Fear grips Akwa Ibom communities over renewed boundary clash, alleged killings
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By Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo
FEAR has gripped residents of the Mbo local government area and its environs following a renewed clash between the Ukontighe Uda community and the Uko Akpan village in Enwang over a boundary dispute.
The fears according to the Saturday Vanguard investigation followed the escalation of the violence to other communities in the local government areas in the latest clash that erupted in the area on Wednesday, February, 24.
The communities engaged in the perennial boundary dispute are the Ukontighe Uda village and the Uko Akpan Enwang community in the Mbo local government area of Akwa Ibom state.