Insecurity: 1,230 killed, 658 abducted in 3 months — Report
Between January and March 2023, no fewer than 1,230 persons were killed including 79 security personnel and over 658 abductions took place across Nigeria. This was contained in a report by a civil society organization, Global Rights, entitled: “1st Quarter Mass Atrocities Casualties Tracking Report” obtained by Saturday Vanguard in Abuja. In what has been an unfortunate trend in the data collated in the first quarter of 2023, banditry remained the largest cause of violent deaths across the country with 29.27 percent (360 deaths) while an existing threat is the rise in extra-judicial killings and herdsmen related killings which constitute about 10.08 percent and 13.65 percent respectively with at least 124 and 168 deaths each. According to the report, Boko-Haram/ISWAP-related atrocities constituted 22.11 percent (at least 272 deaths). Political killings mostly due to the recent 2023 General Elections claimed at least 7.72 percent constituting at least 95 deaths. A further look into the ...