{"id":257186,"date":"2020-09-12T00:29:16","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T23:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=257186"},"modified":"2020-09-12T00:31:14","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T23:31:14","slug":"1165-nigerians-killed-between-jan-aug-113-abducted-in-northwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=257186","title":{"rendered":"‘1,165 Nigerians killed between Jan & Aug, 113 abducted in Northwest’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Insecurity:<\/h3>\n

By Kingsley Omonobi<\/h3>\n

Investigations and research by a civil society group, Nigeria Mourns shows that at least 1,165 people were killed in violent attacks in the North-Western region of Nigeria between January and August 2020, according to its report.<\/p>\n

About 113 people were also kidnapped in the region in the last eight months, the report by a non-governmental organisation, Nigeria Mourns, reports.<\/p>\n

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According to the report, the group which tracks incidents of violent killings across the nation said the cases in the North West were recorded in seven states.<\/p>\n

Investigations show that the group uses newspaper reports, police and family sources to gather its findings.<\/p>\n

The latest report shows that Kaduna, Katsina and Zamfara states recorded the highest numbers of killings in six months.<\/p>\n

According to its findings, Nigeria Mourns listed the casualty figure for each of the seven states as follows: Kaduna \u2013 468, Katsina \u2013 376, Zamfara \u2013 204, Sokoto \u2013 96, Kano \u2013 10, Jigawa \u2013 10 and Kebbi \u2013 1.<\/p>\n

The report states that 1,068 persons were killed by suspected armed bandits, five by Boko Haram\/ISWAP, 73 by armed herdsmen, six died in isolated attacks and 13 from extrajudicial killings.<\/p>\n

The report also listed the monthly abductions in the region as follows: January \u2013 11, February \u2013 21, March 18, April \u2013 8, May \u2013 7, June \u2013 14, July \u2013 14 and August \u2013 10.<\/p>\n

Earlier the organisation\u2019s reports showed that 415 people were killed in July in violent crimes across Nigeria, 731 in June and 356 in May.<\/p>\n

Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari in his address at the week\u2019s retreat held for cabinet members this week admitted that his government needed to do more to address security challenges across the country.<\/p>\n

The president listed northwestern states as part of the places where the government\u2019s fight against insecurity is yielding the \u201cdesired\u201d results.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur security operations in the Niger Delta, North Central and North Western States are yielding desired results. We hope to get rid of bandits, kidnappers and other criminal elements in these regions\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

Vanguard News Nigeria<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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