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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.