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
A resident of the area, Patrick Ogie, said Mr Omoera was killed shortly after he left home.
“The deceased was driving along his street in Iguomo, near the Benin Bypass on Benin-Auchi Road when he was accosted by the hoodlums who opened gunfire directly into his moving car,” Mr Ogie said.
He said the deceased tried to escape after he was hit by gunshots but could not drive too far, apparently because of the bullet wounds.
“The bullets hit him at close range. Though he tried to escape with his Toyota Camry car with registration number SMK 856 BZ after he was shot, he could not drive far as he lost control and rammed into the perimeter fence of Iguomo Primary School, where he died on the spot.
The slain guard, identified as Odion Omoera, 47, was reportedly trailed by the gunmen along the Benin-Auchi Road and shot at close range at about 7a.m., while he was on his way to work.
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Promoter of the Edo IDP project, Atlantique Marine & Engineering Services Ltd, AMES, who disclosed this said the licence was jointly and formally issued to the state government by officials of the Federal Ministry of Transport and the Nigerian Shippers’ Council during an official visit to the Edo State Government, recently.
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