A fuel scoop explosion in Rumekpe, Rivers County on Friday killed at least 12 people, continuing the nationwide death toll. Despite these natural disaster-related killings, in this report , we’ll examines the statistics of reported killings in the country in the last month of 2022.
On Saturday, July 2, 2022, four unnamed farmers were robbed while plowing their fields in the GandiDalike community of Lava city, Sokoto state. None of the four farmers survived the attacks, indicating a wave of constant deadly attacks reported in Nigeria in late 2022.
An 18-year-old girl was kidnapped during the attack, according to a statement released days later by the Sokoto State Police Command. The state police spokesman Sanusi Abu Bakar, who issued a statement, added that the bodies of the victims were given to their respective families for buri
According to a statement by his PR Officer DSP Bright Edafe at Delta State Police Command, the five of him killed were in Igbudu. was suspected to be Another person killed in Asaba is said to be he, one of the scammers who robbed the area’s residents of their belongings.
The Sunday Tribune has found that from July 2022 to the end of the calendar year, as many as 3,857 people, including Sokoto farmers, have died in recorded attacks in Nigeria.
Nigerian media also reported hours later that six other people, believed to be armed robbers, were killed in a shootout with security forces in Wari and Asaba, Delta state.
According to a statement by Delta State Police Command PR Officer DSP Bright Edafe, the five killed were suspected to be part of an armed gang of robbers who terrorized residents around Igbudu Market/Old Welfare. rice field. Another person killed in Asaba is said to be one of the con artists who robbed residents of the district of their belongings.
The Sunday Tribune has found that from July 2022 to the end of the calendar year, as many as 3,857 people, including Sokoto farmers, have died in recorded attacks in Nigeria. Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
According to the CFR, the NST uses media coverage to promote political and social distancing directed against states or other affiliated groups (or, conversely, states that use violence to respond to these incidents). A tracker that curates violent incidents related to economic and social grievances. from all over the country.
Data show that from July 2022 he had an average of 20.96 deaths each day for 184 days through December. During the period, 841 violent incidents were recorded in the country. Only 272 of these violent incidents did not result in death.
Further analysis of the data provided indicates that in December 2022, 1,101 homicides were reported in the last month of the year, followed by 648 homicides in September. I was. 638 people died in November. The trio in August, October and July reported 517, 481 and 472 killings respectively.
The single deadliest event was recorded in the village of Mutunji in the city of Maru in the Zanfara state of the Emirate of Dansadau, where it collided with Nigerian forces backed by Nigerian Air Force (NAF) fighter jets. was. Terrorist on Sunday. December 18, 2022. According to military sources, the attack killed 10 of his soldiers and 213 of his bandits, as well as an unspecified number of civilians.
Three days after this attack, two Nigerian Army Super Tucano jets bombed the hideout of Jamaat Al-Assun Nalid Dawawal Jihad (also known as Boko Haram) in the Sambisa Forest in Mantari, Bama Regional Government Area. Did. Borno State and his 150 terrorists were killed. The event marked his second highest death toll in the reporting period. His other mass casualty incident was the Sept. 1, 2022 attack in Borno State, where senior Boko Haram commanders, including Abou Hauwa, (Munzil) Amir Shettima, Akrabri (Nakif), Abo Zainab, and Abou Idris, Murdered.
Recorded killings across geopolitical zones.
perpetrator of murder.
Perpetrators of violent attacks recorded in Nigeria during this period include security guards, Boko Haram terrorists, sectarian rebels, bandits and other armed groups, kidnappers, robbers and political thugs. etc. is included.
During the reporting period, state ties including officials from the Nigerian Armed Forces, Nigerian Police, Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Federal Road Service Corps (FRSC) and National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) The Nigerian Corrections Service (NCS) was responsible for most of the killings. A total of 1,495 people, including civilians, bandits, terrorists, robbers and other groups of people, were killed by security forces across the country.
Clashes between security guards and other armed terrorists/bandits paid the highest price for 678 people of various professions. Sixty-nine people died when terrorists clashed with state actors, including the military. Fifty-five were killed when security forces clashed with kidnappers, and 26 died when they clashed with robbers. Four more died when security forces clashed with other armed terrorists/bandits and kidnappers.
Gunmen terrorists/bandits killed as many as 876 people and sectarian actors such as shepherds were responsible for as many as 276 violent killings. The Boko Haram terrorist was responsible for killing more than 302 people when the terrorists clashed with armed terrorists and bandits, and he killed five others. The kidnapper he killed 28, the angry mob he killed 20 and the robber he killed 13. He killed two people when rioters and crooks clashed with other militants, and another one of him when security forces clashed with rioters. He had only seven election-related murders. Dr. Lecan Oketkun, an expert on peace and conflict resolution, commented specifically on the spate of killings across the country by non-state actors, saying that the government at the time was too aggressive in fulfilling its vital function of ensuring security. Said it wasn’t worth it.
He points out that social crises such as unemployment, poverty and the state of the country’s economy have given a platform for non-governmental activities such as robbery and kidnapping for ransom to thrive, and that such developments are likely to be seen by governments. He added that this was due to the failure of
βGovernments have not taken sufficient measures. When state actors hijack parts of the state to use violence, it shows their inability to act. , the government will not yield to non-state actors in using the state as an instrument of coercion. Unlike when I was a student, people rarely travel at night. People don’t even have security during the day,” he said.
States with the lowest recorded killings between July and December 2022.
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