Nigerian Security Tracker, a project of the Council on Foreign Relations of the United States of America has revealed that no fewer than 53,418 Nigerians were killed by terrorists and other non-state actors between May 29, 2015 and October 15, 2022.
According to the report, deaths occurred mostly from farmers/herders’ conflict, clashes by religious groups, and attacks by terrorists and bandits.
A breakdown of the killings by geo-political zones showed that the southwest region recorded no fewer than 2,170 deaths in the period under review with Ekiti having 109; Ondo, 340; Osun, 198; Ogun, 507; Oyo, 310; and Lagos, 706.
A total of 3,688 deaths were recorded in the south-south geo-political zone with Akwa Ibom State having 373; Bayelsa, 350; Cross River, 685; Delta, 720; Edo, 463; and Rivers, 1,097.
In the southeast, Abia recorded 249 killings; Anambra, 613; Ebonyi, 562; Enugu, 273; and Imo, 574, thus making a total of 2,271.
The north central region, including the Federal Capital Territory, recorded a total of 8,593 deaths with Benue topping with 2,771; Niger, 2,572; Plateau, 1,709; Kogi, 654; Nasarawa, 320; FCT, 317; and Kwara, 250.
The northeast, which is the epicentre of Boko Haram and ISWAP insurgency, recorded the highest number of deaths in the period under review with a total of 23,106.
Borno State topped the chart with 18,213 deaths; Adamawa 1,853; Yobe, 1,375; Taraba, 1,335; Bauchi, 169; and Gombe 161.
According to the report, a total of 13,590 persons were killed in the northwest region.
However, Zamfara topped with 5,6164 deaths; Sokoto, 872; Kaduna, 530; Kebbi, 331; Katsina, 2, 037; Kano, 149; and Jigawa, 55.
