Over 1,400 Killed By Gunmen Within Six Months In Nigeria – UN
The United Nations has lamented over the spate of killings in Nigeria noting that over 1,400 people have been killed as a result of kidnapping and banditry within a period of six months.
“Pockets of conflicts and insecurity in the country at large especially where I am today , the herders and farmers crisis and also kidnapping and banditry. This is now really getting out of hand.“The last statistics I saw from the government was that over 1,400 people were killed as a result of kidnapping and banditry since the elections.
Governor Samuel Ortom at the event claimed that those responsible for fashioning out a solution to herdsmen attacks choose to politicise the issue.
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