415 PEOPLE KILLED IN NIGERIA IN JULY, 132 OF THEM SECURITY PERSONNEL

By Abuja Reporters On Aug 23, 2020 1

A TOTAL of 415 Nigerians were reported killed in 21 states of the country in the month of July 2020 alone, a new report has shown.

NigeriaMourns, a Non-governmental Organisation that released “Violence Incidents Report: July 2020” documenting the daily deaths and violence happening across the country.

A breakdown of the number of deaths recorded in July shows that 283 civilians and 132 security personnel were killed in various attacks.

According to the report, Kaduna, Borno and Katsina were the states with the highest number of killings, totalling 332 deaths.

The report also indicated that 185 deaths were attributed to banditry attacks, while 123 were attributed to Boko Haram/ISWAP, herdsmen attack took 67, communal conflicts accounted for 26 deaths, six attributed to isolated attacks, six were due to extrajudicial killings and two attributed to cult clashes.

The killings in Southern Kaduna according to the report continued to spiral despite the curfew imposed by the government in a bid to nip the conflicts in the bud.

The report said the tension in Southern Kaduna stems predominantly from conflicts on land resources and political control.

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