The data, which recorded the number of killings and abductions across the country from January to March, showed that 80 percent of the killings and 94 percent of the abductions occurred in the North.
Daily Trust reports that “This report, however, conflicts with the position espoused by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, who said that the casualty figures were going down.
The consulting firm’s report showed that an average of 28 persons were killed and 24 kidnaped daily”.
According to Daily Trust, The Minister of Defence, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, had earlier this month, during the maiden edition of the annual lecture series organized by the Nigerian Army Resource Centre in Abuja, said the security situation had improved.
Casualty figures in zones, states
The data from the Beacon Security and Intelligence Limited revealed that of the people killed during the period, 793 were from the North-West, 681 from the North-East and 596 from the North-Central. The casualties were recorded from bandits’ attacks, farmers/herders’ conflicts and communal clashes.
The South-West recorded 194 killings, the South-South, 161 people; and South-East, 158.
The five states with the highest number of killings were Borno, 517; Benue, 313; Katsina, 252; Zamfara, 212 and Kaduna, 206.
Abductions
The data showed that of the 2,164 persons abducted within the period, 1,297 were kidnapped in the North-West, 421 in the North-East, 330 in the North-Central, 30 in the South-West, 66 in the South-South and 20 in the South-East.
Kaduna State recorded the highest number of abductees with 546; Zamfara, 447; Borno, 340; Katsina, 252 and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), 102