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Media reports on killings, especially arising from herders and farmers crises have indicated that no fewer than 291 lives were lost in the month of March alone. While most of the killings were due to clashes between herders and farmers; particularly in the North Central states, others were as a result of the activities of criminal elements and armed militia while some culminated from attacks by the Boko Haram insurgents.

The states where these killings were recorded include: Benue, Borno, Plateau, Taraba, Niger, Kaduna, Kogi, Zamfara, Cross River, Edo, Ebonyi and Delta.

Zamfara State located in the North-West region recorded the highest killings as 54 persons were reportedly killed following attacks by armed bandits in Bawan Daji village of Anka Local Government Area on March 27.

The armed bandits were said to have launched the deadly attack on the area after some members of the community held a meeting to discuss measures to be taken against their nefarious activities during the 2018 farming season. The bandits had earlier threatened that there would be no farming activities in the area in this year’s rainy season, the deputy imam of the village and community leader, Liman Umar, was quoted as saying.

Umar reportedly told journalists that the bandits had been harassing people in the area and brandishing sophisticated weapons without talking to anyone. “It was shortly after our local vigilante members held the meeting that the bandits finally struck and killed only men, including those who tried to escape,” Umar said.

Although the Chairman of Anka Local Government, Alhaji Mustapha Gado, initially confirmed that 32 persons were buried, including a woman and her child, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, later confirmed that 54 persons were killed by suspected cattle rustlers in the Bawan Daji attacks. The agency which based its report on on-the-spot assessment conducted by staff, said it recorded 71 persons injured with over 7,000 displaced persons. The head, NEMA Sokoto Operations, Suleiman Muhammad, who led other staff of the agency on the assessment, said government delegations sent to the area had to suspend their visit due to security challenges.

Benue State located in the North Central zone and Ebonyi in the South- East zone recorded the joint second highest killings of 41 deaths each. The highest killings in Benue State during the month in review took place following an attack at Omosu village in Okpokwu Local Government Area on March 5 which resulted in 24 deaths.

Residents of Omusu and two nearby communities in the local government area reportedly said the attackers had entered their villages around 4:00 p.m. on the fateful day and carried out a two-hour deadly assault. Elsewhere in Benue, killings took place during attacks at Umenger (March4), Guma (March14), Umenger, Ologobiudu, Agatu (March25) and Yaav ward (March29).

Like Benue, Ebonyi State also had its fair share of killings within the month of March as 41 deaths were recorded in three separate attacks which took place at Ikwo-Izzi (March 5), Onunwakpu (March 12) and Okpetumor (March 17).

Ikwo local government area of Ebonyi State recorded the killing of 30 persons on March 5, following renewed hostilities between the people of Edda Enyibichiri community in Abakaliki Local Government Area and Nnoyo Echi-Alike in Ikwo Local Government both in Ebonyi State.

The bloodshed which was said to have been reignited as a result of boundary dispute. Police Public Relations Officer, Ebonyi State command, ASP Loveth Odah, who confirmed the incident, added that mobile police men had been deployed to restore peace in the area.

Plateau State located in North-Central Nigeria recorded the fourth highest killing with 35 victims within the month from six separate attacks. The attacks were recorded at: Rotsu (March 2), Rafin Bauna (March5), Adada Manya (March7), Nzharuwo (March8), Zir-Shi Manya (March12) and Dong (March 22).

The highest number of killings recorded in Plateau State took place during an attack on Zir-Shi Maiyanga village near Dudu in Kwal District of Bassa local government area on March 12 where 21 people were reported dead. The attack was said to have occurred a few hours before a scheduled mass burial of victims of previous killing in some villages of Miango District of the same local government area.

The attack which occurred on a Monday night took place between 10pm and 11pm and was alleged to have been carried out by gunmen which the locals claimed were Fulani herders.

Media and Information Officer of Operation Safe Haven, Major Adam Umar reportedly said due to the difficult terrain, personnel of the taskforce had arrived the village after the attackers had fled but admitted that seven corpses were immediately recovered while another person had died in hospital.

Kogi and Taraba States recorded 34 and 35 deaths respectively from two attacks each. While the highest killings in Kogi, which took place at Iyale, Aloko and Abejukolo on March 13 affected 25 lives the highest killings in Taraba within the month in review took place in Leme, Gembu on March 4 where 20 herders were reportedly killed.

No fewer than 300 cows were reportedly stolen during the March 4 attack at Lemme, Gembu which preceded an earlier attack where many lives were also lost.

The killings in Borno State during the month in review where 23 lives were lost took place at the military base at Rann in Kalabalge Local Government Area as well as Muna Dalhti where 3 lives were reportedly lost. In what appeared like daring the Nigerian security chiefs that they were still very much around, the Boko Haram insurgents launched the deadly attack on Rann on March 1, which eventually left 20 people dead. Among those reportedly killed during the Rann attack were 6 soldiers and 4 policemen.

The second incident of killings in Borno which took place at Muna Dalhti area of Jere Local Government Area near Maiduguri on March 5 occurred when a suspected Boko Haram bomber attacked the area. Three people were reportedly killed in the attack while 18 others, mostly women and children, were injured.

In Kaduna State located in the North-West zone, 17 lives were lost in two recorded attacks which took place at Bakin Koki in Jema’a local government as well as the deadly attack at Birnin Gwari which led to the killing of 11 soldiers.

While people were still counting the loss and pains inflicted by the attack on Bakin Kogi armed bandits believed to be loyal to the assassinated gang leader, Buharin Daji, at Nabango area under Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on March 21 reportedly killed 11 soldiers in what seemed like a daring reprisal attack. The well-armed bandits reportedly stormed a military post at Doka, an area between Funtua and Birnin Gwari where the soldiers were killed on the spot.

While Cross Rivers State recorded 14 deaths from two incidents that occurred between Okwabang and Beebo communities in Boki Local Government Area on March11 and an attack on Odupkan community on March30, Edo and Delta states recorded 5 killings from one incident each while Niger State recorded the lowest death rate of 4 during an attack on Fakpo and Sashi communities.

‘Killings pose national security threat’

Commenting on these killings, terrorism scholar and security analyst, Amaechi Nwaokolo said the conflicts leading to these deaths; especially the herders/farmers conflict poses a serious national security threat.

Noting that tribal and ethnoreligious sentiments were being whipped into the conflict, Nwaokolo said the Nigerian government must be more serious in dealing with salient issues in order to tackle the threats.

“The herders crisis can lead to a serious national threat that can implode the country; our current security architecture is very faulty and needs rejigging, especially in the area of intelligence gathering so as to be more preventive rather than reactive”, Nwaokolo said.

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/shocking-308-nigerians-killed-in-1-month.html

Even ants are safer

They need the killing to make us release the $1B.

Many people are making millions from the killing and the end is regretably not in sight.

Who will deliver us from APC?

mrborntodoit:
Even ants are safer

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Pathetic... Meanwhile

This is Change happening.

praise010:
They need the killing to make us release the $1B.

Many people are making millions from the killing and the end is regretably not in sight.

Who will deliver us from APC?

just get your PVC my brother.

These are the ones the media knows..
Many deaths are unreported

The level of insecurity in the land is mind blowing
Yet they are requesting for one billion dollars to boost security.. We know how the money is going to end up ..
Corruption everywhere

If we're to tell ourselves the truth...Nigeria is a failed state

With the way people are been killed in Nigeria, the government of buhari is a failure and does not deserve a second chance.

We need state police in Nigeria

This country dey always vex person sha even with all this killings,the executive and legislative both in the state and federal level can't hold a conference to talk about how they will pass a bill that will make state be able to have there own police within 3-5 month.

Why must everything be control by the central

Instead of an election next year,let's have a SNC,nothing is working in Nigeria

The ipob online warriors laughing at southwestern states should come out and defend this o. So 41deaths in ebonyi chai.

Strikethem:
The ipob online warriors laughing at southwestern states should come out and defend this o. So 41deaths in ebonyi chai.

Communal clashes.

Strikethem:
The ipob online warriors laughing at southwestern states should come out and defend this o. So 41deaths in ebonyi chai.

and dis is all a supposed Nigerian youth could come up with from the write up. sorry sorry!

Strikethem:
The ipob online warriors laughing at southwestern states should come out and defend this o. So 41deaths in ebonyi chai.

bro let's forget about this ethnic battle for now,41 people killed just by some bandits the federal government said are from other west African countries, is that not crazy

Just imagine Mexicans going to California to kill 41 people, are Americans going to Canada to kill 41 people...people are been killed like this in Nigeria, yet we get police and armed forces o.

Nigeria has failed us.

Before the British came,if Fulani's dare attack an ethnic group, it do lead to war,our kings during those days were more active than our present government.

See whats happening between the UK and Russia sef,just because of 2 British citizens(they are not even English but Russians o) look at the way Russia is been sanctioned just because of two people that are not even dead.

Nigeria is truly a zoo,I don't even know what to say again.

Cause I just dey imagine if this heardsmen invade where I dey live, and they kill like 50 people wey I know,no one will be punished, Nigerians will keep on living as if nothing happened, I con dey imagine say a love one con dey among those people killed sef

Omololu2121:
If we're to tell ourselves the truth...Nigeria is a failed state

True and Buhari is a failed leader

SalamRushdie:
True and Buhari is a failed leader

buhari is a failure.

With this present system of government, nothing much can really be achieve, I believe we need a new constitution

Omololu2121:
buhari is a failure.

With this present system of government, nothing much can really be achieve, I believe we need a new constitution

Jonathan said so, people chose to hate him instead. Now people are now seeing Jonathan was a prophet?

Omololu2121:
buhari is a failure.

With this present system of government, nothing much can really be achieve, I believe we need a new constitution

Exactly the current system of govt only ends up attracting criminals and no goods to power ..

May the almighty save us from the hand of evil people

I doubt the number quoted, its more than that. Let's pray that God almighty will protect us and our love ones to overcome this murderous govt.

BankeSmalls:
Jonathan said so, people chose to hate him instead. Now people are now seeing Jonathan was a prophet?

immediately GEJ became the president, he said Nigeria does not need a SNC cause nothing was wrong with the structure/constitution.

GEJ was not a serious man,there are steps he should have taken,we need a strong politician from the south that believes in SNC,first he should have sent back every military personnel and police to their state of origin and send a bill to the national Assembly, this bill will allow a SNC to hold instead of a general election in 2015,if the north opposed it,then he should have held a meeting with southern politicians,and they should all move for the division of Nigeria.

The gej SNC will still pass through the NA which the northern representatives are majority, and it will pass through all the 36 States house of assembly.

We need a southern tyrant that believes in SNC or division, if the north does not agree,then he will make the country burn.

But he is gonna need the support of the 17 southern state.

With the way Nigeria is structured, in the next 20 years,this country will remain stagnant.

Do you remember vision 2000 by babaginda?

Vision 2010 by abacha?

Vision 2020 by yaradua?

SalamRushdie:
Exactly the current system of govt only ends up attracting criminals and no goods to power ..

the current system we are running for more than 30 years has totally fail us.

Do you remember vision 2000 by babaginda

Vision 2010 by abacha

Vision 2020 by yaradua

Nigeria is a failed state,cause things just keeps on getting worst
This buhari no even get any vision or plan.