₦airaland Forum

DeAvenger:
Islam also preaches peace thats why its called Islam

Last year, Nigeria’s security situation raised a lot of concern. There were surges in cattle rustling, attacks by pastoralists on farming communities, oil theft related violence, and attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta region. The Boko Haram insurgency, after a brief lapse, witnessed an increase in suicide attacks, and attacks on military units. All these, and other adventures, ensured that Nigeria’s security apparatus had their hands full all year.

This report contains the total number of events with fatalities in the various mentioned conflicts, which we have been able to verify. It is worth noting that the casualty figures we were able to verify are significantly less than the figures that have been given by the media and various interest groups. We curated attacks and fatalities from those attacks in three categories of security challenges in 2016.

Boko Haram Insurgency
The pastoral conflict, involving cattle rustling and attacks by Fulani herdsmen
Niger Delta Oil Militancy
The key findings were as follows:



Boko Haram remained the most active threat in terms of number of attacks. However, the tide has shifted and 75% of the fatalities in the Boko Haram insurgency are now Boko Haram fighters themselves. The average number of fatalities per Boko Haram attack has been significantly reduced to 17, implying a reduction in the fighting capabilities of the terrorists.

The pastoral conflict is the most deadly threat, with with 470 victims killed as a result of cattle rustling, and 1,425 killed in attacks involving Fulani herdsmen. The average number of fatalities per attack was high at 30 deaths per attack by Fulani herdsmen, while the average for cattle rustling stood at 39 per attack. There were four times as many attacks on communities by herdsmen than incidents of cattle rustling. Unlike the Boko Haram insurgency, the majority of the deaths in the pastoral conflict are not the belligerent herdsmen, but residents of the attacked communities.



While there were a significant number of Niger Delta militant attacks on oil facilities, the average number of fatalities per attack was the lowest, at 3 per attack.

Nigeria’s reaction

The reaction of the Nigerian state to the pastoral conflicts in particular, brings to the fore the question of what value the state places on citizens’ lives. We had, in 2016, multiple situations where some groups killed other Nigerians with impunity, justified their murders openly, and the government did little or nothing to punish the killers or put an end to the killings. The number one thing that legitimises a government is the ability to protect the life of its citizens. The Nigerian state appears more interested in revenue, than in human life. President Buhari had in his first full budget, slashed the allocation to the Presidential Amnesty Programme. This year, he has tripled the allocation to the programme following the unrest in 2016. While cutting off funding to the programme suddenly at the start of 2016 was a grave tactical error, we fear that throwing more money at it is an even worse mistake.

Unfortunately, the response from the government and the security institutions do not demonstrate a clear understanding of the worsening situation. Rather, they show a tepid desire and will to pursue the protection of Nigerians from threats, except for threats that can directly harm the state’s main interest- maintaining the flow of crude oil.

This apathy on the part of the state has emboldened especially, the herdsmen; and that has the ripple effect of angering other communities, forcing them to consider violence as a viable option. The apparent success of the violent herdsmen and oil militants in their rampaging endeavours, has granted increasing legitimacy to their methods amongst those who might have once opposed such violence within their ranks and beyond.

It is dangerous to refuse to acknowledge this, as our recent experience with Boko Haram has shown.

It takes only a little nudge forward for what we see as marauders of civilian targets to begin to take on whole army formations. By that time, it will be a lot more difficult to defeat them, at a considerable cost in men, finances and logistics to the Nigerian state.

Sammiejokes:
u cannot bring fact from your head like the dead database dey your head. Am an alumni of LAUTECH and I can confirm to you that what Akala a PDP governor did in violation of student rights, his successor has not done one quarter. I expected more from Ajimobi and aregbe but they lost ma respect for them.

obiageIi:
You are the uniformed one here

Anago5000:
Tonyebarcanister trying to be relevant since 1880.attaching frm one organisation to another yet he remains wretchedly poor . guy wake up frm ur slumber and hustle.stop seeking for cheap popularity shm

TonyeBarcanista:
He is an slowpoke. He must leave whether he likes it or not.

preciousuweh:
THE leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra and founder of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has expressed regret for referring to President Muhammadu Buhari as a terrorist, evil and a paedophile in his radio broadcasts.
Kanu, who has been charged along with two others by the Federal Government before a Federal High Court in Abuja on six counts of treason and other ancillary offences, said he intended to write a private letter to Buhari to express his apology to the President.
He also apologised to former President Goodluck Jonathan and Igbo elders for “some uncomplimentary things” he said about them.
The 48-year-old pro-Biafran agitation leader, who is, however, unapologetic about his demand for a Republic of Biafra, has been in the custody of the Department of State Services since his arrest in Lagos on October 14, 2015.
He tendered the apology for his comment against Buhari and others in a statement which he made to the DSS on October 23.
The prosecution, in its summary of the case, alleged that in one of the radio broadcasts by Kanu on August 1, 2015, he expressed his resolve to actualise the Republic of Biafra and “cast aspersions on the person and the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”.
The statement read in part, “Reference to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as a terrorist, evil and a paedophile is regrettable and uncalled for and for that, I unreservedly apologise and will be doing so in a private letter to the President.
“Before PMB (President Muhammadu Buhari) there was the administration of Goodluck Jonathan. I also said uncomplimentary things about him and Igbo elders as well, which I now recognise should not have happened because it is un-African to be rude or insolent to elders.
“All I was trying to do is to draw attention to the problems afflicting society and something done about them.”Kanu, who described himself as a Nigerian and a British citizen, justified his agitation for a Biafra Republic.
He said IPOB’s secessionist agenda was informed by the “incessant hardship, lack of holistic development in the socio-economic landscape of Nigeria, lack of youth employment, corruption in high offices and economic regression.”

SOURCE: www.nigerianmonitor.com/biafra-nnamdi-kanu-apologises-to-buhari-jonathan-igbo-elders/

Zoharariel:
1st, you didn't answer my question but chose instead to ask me a silly question.

2nd, yes, your christ will not come again, and those that are anticipating his second coming have entered a one-chance BRT to Libya.

3rd, I have questioned & will continue questioning your god because he is a reptilian humanoid called anunnaki from the planet of Rizq.

www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sumer_anunnaki/anunnaki/anu_22.htm

4th, forget about moses & isaiah; all those mumbo-jumbo prophecy & fairy tales were fabricated by the Roman Catholic Church.

5th, Yes, it is true that he ascended back to the sky from whence he came, but only in his space shuttle.

6th, you're right, I've made my choice.

7th, good for you but if you're not careful, your calling will first frustrate you & then kill you before your time.

Lastly, No doubt, God has helped me and it is not your reptilian god, but the Cosmic Life Energy that permeates & sustains all existence - Nagode!

freeze001:
Ezigbo nwanne mmadu! Nsogbu adighi.

Iamwrath:
98% of Yoruba on Nairaland disputed that claim since the thread was opened yesterday


I dispute that claim, apart from the fact that YCC does not exist, It's not recognized or its a farce

Every reasonable Yoruba has always condemned thievery, did you see anyone pity Falana when he was kidnapped? How many Yoruba people are sucking FfK's cocck since his imprisonment?


How many Yoruba have you seen hailing Fayose? We Yoruba regard him as bastard, a nonentity,

Yoruba race is a race with difference, dignity and intelligence, not perfect but better by far from all races in Nigeria


Do us a favor, act your name be clever, don't reason with your anus

freeze001:
Easy there...the reference to Ishaq Oloyede should have told u something. Maybe u should find out who he is...
Of course I detest the contraption, u should have paid attention to the emoticons as well... jst playing devil's advocate.

freeze001:
According to Prof Ishaq Oloyede: No o! I would rather they enforce strict niqquab usage for all female muslims not just hijab so they can truly practice what mohammed has commanded. Loss of lives is immaterial because it is greater haram for a woman's figure to ever be seen in true islam. It will amount to an attack against islamic practices!

ennyhola:
Seriously... I don't know how to type this but I am sure my Fellow Yoruba brothers are coming to defend our Stand!
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about the Earlier thread with some youths claim to be CCY or YCC representing Yoruba youths and asking EFCC to stop PATIECE JONATHAN Trial and Investigation...please who the Bleep are you!!!
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I am a Yoruba boy..Ogun state and I am not in support of what yoi said...and I don't even know the so called Organization you are claiming
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3)We Yoruba's Generally won't support Corruption so please don't pull all of us into the mud by saying "All Yoruba Youths" kindly use "Some..."


metcheewws...less than 20bribed guys trying to pull over 10million youths into the mud
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EFCC suppose Lock una ni.
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Leez:
bwahahahahhahahahahhaha
igbos can neva ever claim anoda tribe my broda
we are proud of our culture and tradition
u afonjas shld sort urselves out

kettle84:
Did I hear you say yoloba hates corruption? I guess the following are sambisa Forest indigenes...

OBJ
Demeji Bankole
Tafar Balogun
Bode George
Tinubu
etc

adem30:
Can you see how intellectual deformed you are?

Have you answered any of the questions I asked you before you start insulting?

Iamwrath:
Yoruba youths are not stupid and YCC is not recognized by the Yoruba nation

adem30:
Guy I don't blame you because its very hard for this Generation youth to think for ourselves, we only depends on what our useless politicians tells us.

The law was made in 2011 yet your almighty Reno said your self acclaimed Hero does not sign it.

When was the so called chairman appointed and by who?

Was the so called Chairman a Muslim? And why no one talk about it when this was going on?

The same way your Gej never instructed Dasuki to share money meant for Military weapons yet so many are returning the said loots.

Guy, start to reason for yourself from an obvious reasons and stop worshiping all these useless politicians claiming born again Christians after loosing power.

Your senseless Reno sat there in abroad and talk rubbish everyday and you sit down here to swallow it.

The same way Obanikoro was boasting while he was in USA, latter came back to Nigeria and turn deaf and dumb when he was confronted with obvious evidence.

Why is Obanikoro now paying back?

Why are we not hearing from him again? Why is he now suing EFCC as he boasted while away?

Why is Deziani never step on Nigeria since she ran out of country?

Why is she not in court to defend $153b.

You need to wake up and don't let those useless politician use you as a political tools in the name of religion

vicdom:
Pls nairalanders, today is my birthday....show me some love