Nigeria has the world’s highest
casualty rate from terrorism -
related attacks, according to
Maplecroft, a UK-based risk
consultancy which released its
report Thursday.
Nigeria ignobly surpassed terror-
ridden countries like Somalia and
Iraq, no thanks to the sporadic
bombings of parts of the country
by Boko Haram, the radical
Islamic fundamentalists..
The report entitled: Maplecroft
Terrorism and Security
Dashboard (MTSD), said Nigeria
has the world’s highest casualty
rate from “terrorism” with an
average of 24 deaths per attack
out of 146 recorded in the year
through June.
The report said the global
average is two deaths per attack,
but Nigeria recorded 3,477
deaths in those attacks as
violence by the Boko Haram
rages in scale and sophistication.
It said the “the increased
capacity of Boko Haram is likely
to lead to a further loss of
investor confidence.” The current
figures represent a doubling of
the 1,735 deaths recorded in the
previous year through June
2013, it said.
Maplecroft also ranks Nigeria
fifth in its list of “extreme risk”
countries topped by Iraq,
Afghanistan, Pakistan and
Somalia.
Though more people have been
killed in those countries because
of more frequent attacks, the
average death toll per attack has
been lower than Nigeria’s,
Maplecroft said.
“Significant increases in risk have
been seen in other important
emerging economies though.
Nigeria has moved into the top
ten for the first time, due to
increased activity of the terrorist
group Boko Haram in the north
of the country,” the report said.
It added that “the severity of this
risk was highlighted by a series
of attacks in Kano, northern
Nigeria, on 20 January, 2012,
which killed 211 people - making
it the group’s deadliest attack.
Security risks in the country are
compounded by the resurgence
of the Movement for the
Emancipation of the Niger Delta
(MEND) in Nigeria’s south, which
has been responsible for a series
of attacks on the oil and gas
industry.”

Nigeria is fast becoming a failed state, thanks to d abokis.