About 3,478 people were killed and 2,256 others kidnapped from December 2021 to June 15, 2022, the Nigeria Security Tracker, a project of the Council on Foreign Relations, an American think-tank, has revealed.
The report’s breakdown showed that in December 2021, 342 innocent Nigerians were killed and 397 were kidnapped. In the month, 45 farmers in Nasarawa were, while 34 women were kidnapped in Zamfara.
About 844 people were killed and 603 abducted by non-state actors in January with Zamfara State accounting for the prominent as over 200 residents were killed. Also, suspected bandits reportedly killed 220 persons and kidnapped 200 others in Niger state.
Further details indicate that in February, 495 persons were killed, and 326 were kidnapped and in Zamfara, bandits attacked a community for failing to pay a N40 million levy and killed 33 victims. In Niger State terrorists killed 44, and kidnapped 31 others in Niger communities.
In March, 606 innocent lives were lost while 450 were abducted. The incidents included the murder of 63 vigilantes in Kebbi state by terrorists and attacks by suspected herdsmen in reprisal which claimed over 26 lives in Taraba.
In April and May, 530 and 395 people were killed respectively with 79 and 178 were kidnappedin that order
From June 1 to 15, 266 individuals were killed with 223 persons kidnapped.
The report indicated that bandits and terrorists carried out the killings and kidnappings in the North-Central, North-West and North-East.
In the South-West and South-South, the perpetrators were identified as cultists, suspected herdsmen and gunmen, while in the South-East, the number of deaths and abductions were mostly caused by the Indigenous People of Biafra and its militia wing, Eastern Security Network.
