Crime
Over 1000 civilians, security agents killed in 3 months across Nigeria
No fewer than 1,153 civilians, 105 soldiers, 67 police officers, two immigration officers, one civil defence officer and one customs officer were killed in violent incidents across Nigeria between July and September this year.
A report by SBM Intelligence reveals this.
SBM is a research organisation that compiles and analyses media contents and data about happenings in Nigeria.
The incidents covered include killings by Boko Haram insurgents, gang clashes, bandits and other criminals.
Other casualties were 27 cultists, 29 members of Indigenous People of Biafra, 10 vigilantes, 23 kidnappers, and 24 armed robbers.
In the north-west, 961 (highest) deaths were recorded, 495 of which were recorded in Zamfara State; North-Central, 646; North-East, 336; South-East, 137; South-South, 105 and South-West, 102.
According to the report, Imo ranks the highest in the south, with 59 deaths.
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