Nigeria Has Recorded Nearly 20,000 Deaths Under Buhari, Says U.S. Body: allafrica.com/stories/201807…

By Bayo Akinloye

The United States Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) says it has documented at least 19,890 deaths in Nigeria since June 2015, just after President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office on May 29, 2015.

This is as the United Kingdom-based Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) disclosed that Fulani militias killed 1,061 people in about 106 attacks on communities in central Nigeria in the first quarter of 2018. CSW said 11 other attacks on communities in the southern parts of the country by the militia claimed a further 21 lives.
In a related development, the UK House of Lords on Thursday expressed worry about the inability of the Buhari government to end killings in Nigeria, warning that ethno-religious violence in the country may escalate to the Rwanda type genocide if the federal government remained complacent about it. The concern followed a debate on the recent killing of about 200 people in Plateau State by suspected Fulani herdsmen.

The CFR, an independent body of experts dedicated to providing advice on policy options facing countries, put the cumulative deaths in Nigeria from May 2011 to May 2018 at 53,595. This statistics was obtained by THISDAY from a section of the organisation's website, Nigeria Security Tracker (NST). According to the think tank, the NST tracks violence that is both causal and symptomatic of weakness of Nigeria's political institutions and citizen alienation. It said the data was based on weekly surveys of Nigerian and international media and that they included violent incidents related to political, economic, and social grievances directed at the state or other affiliated groups (or conversely the state employing violence to respond to those incidents.)

CFR added, "Different groups in Nigeria resort to violence. The militant Islamist movement Boko Haram is active in northern Nigeria. Violence among ethnic groups, farmers, and herdsmen sometimes acquires religious overtones. A new generation of Niger Delta militants threatens war against the state. Government soldiers kill civilians indiscriminately. Police are notorious for extrajudicial murder."
In the CSW's latest report, equally obtained by THISDAY, the organisation said, "During the first quarter of 2018 CSW documented 1,061 deaths in 106 attacks by the Fulani militia on communities in Adamawa, Benue, southern Kaduna, Kogi, Nasarawa, Plateau and Taraba states, with an additional 17 lives lost in attacks in the south of the country. CSW also documented seven instances of violence targeting Fulani herders or communities in which 61 people lost their lives; two of these attacks occurred in the south of the country. The recent deaths in Plateau State bring the number of casualties recorded so far in herder militia attacks in central Nigeria in the second quarter of 2018 to 440."
The organisation said the figures were obtained by its offices in the United Kingdom and in Nigeria using organisational records, a timeline issued by the Office of the President of the Nigerian Senate, #MiddlebeltMassacres in Twitter, news sources, and the United States-based Council on Foreign Relations' Nigeria Security Tracker.

It further noted that there was more to the violence going on in Nigeria - often referred to as "farmer-herder clashes" - than meets the eye.

According to Buharians, "This is another fake news. The news agency should recant, apologize and sack the reporter"

We goodloving Nigerians as a matter of fact reject this news b'cos there were over 100,000 deaths recorded within the PDP era.so wherever this news emanated from is based from assumption.We Nigerians love Baba Buhari and he will continue till 2023 till he hands over to the military
Long live PMB!
Long live APC!!
Short love NIGERIA!!!

i just love the way we are ranking
Most dangerous country for women
Almost worst in economy(and lai lied that we re out of recession)
During GEJ tenure recording about 13, 000 death tolls as at 2014(75% of tenure)

Now with a better improvement we now have 20,000 death tolls (75% of tenure) Kai!!!

The USA has recorded more killings than that under Trump. In the US, around 50,000 are killed every year by gun violence. The US needs to face its own problems before sticking its nose in other countries.

Buhari rode to power by soaking the dogs and baboons in blood ,if he thinks the world will keep quiet while he continue soaking defenseless Nigerians in blood he and his zombies must be dreaming.

Buhari promised to fight insecurity but it is obvious that he is clueless

Shewbread:
According to Buharians, "This is another fake news. The news agency should recant, apologize and sack the reporter"

Hate speech