Insecurity In Nigeria: Do Black Lives Matter In Africa?

Nearly 400 lives were lost in Nigeria from different forms of attacks which could have been stopped with proper governance and leaders of repute.

As insecurity becomes the order of the day in Nigeria, more lives tends to be at risk while deaths arising from such attacks is on the rise on a daily basis.

Most of these attacks which took place in the northern part of the country, were carried out unhindered as there were no security agencies available to protect the people from the onslaught.

In a report by SR, it was alleged that not less than 395 persons were killed as a result of insecurity in the month of June.

According to the latest life count by the Civic Media Lab, 48 persons were also kidnapped in the country.

The report also highlighted how bandits and members of the Boko Haram terrorist group carried out their attacks in Borno, Katsina, Niger, Kogi, and Zamfara States.

In a breakdown of the attacks, 167 Nigerians were killed by bandits in June 2020.

Also, 152 persons were killed in coordinated attacks by Boko Haram members, while unknown gunmen and herdsmen were responsible for the death of 18 and 17 people respectively.

In an unending communal feud, 36 lives were claimed in tribal fights in Ebonyi, Adamawa, Jigawa and Benue State.

Ten police officers and 21 soldiers were part of those killed in the country.

The states most affected by the killings include Borno, Katsina and Zamfara with 152, 80 and 56 deaths respectively.

Other killings took place in Niger (5), Kaduna (15), Kogi (11), Taraba (16), Ebonyi (4), Benue (21), Abuja (7), Jigawa (3), Plateau (2), Adamawa (23).

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