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Nigerian Mass Atrocities Data (2019 – 2022)

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  • South West Region, killings per state for 2019 to 2022: Ekiti 10, 15, 31, 6; Lagos 56, 87, 91, 60; Ogun 23, 40, 52, 74; Ondo 33, 37, 69, 100; Osun 24, 10, 57, 35; Oyo 11, 42, 139, 39. Totals 157, 231, 439, 314.
  • North Central Region, killings per state for 2019 to 2022: Benue 167, 145, 502, 399; FCT 28, 28, 25, 48; Kogi 88, 81, 39, 112; Kwara 7, 6, 50, 46; Nasarawa 27, 32, 143, 23; Niger 100, 254, 438, 510; Plateau 52, 139, 337, 350. Totals 469, 685, 1534, 1488.
  • North East Region, killings per state for 2019 to 2022: Adamawa 43, 111, 67, 16; Bauchi 8, 5, 13, 67; Borno 728, 1176, 587, 655; Gombe 10, 1, 59, 10; Taraba 181, 141, 173, 236; Yobe 39, 74, 127, 30. Totals 1009, 1508, 1026, 1014.
  • North West Region, killings per state for 2019 to 2022: Jigawa 30, 16, 39, 17; Kaduna 280, 628, 1114, 628; Kano 9, 19, 15, 19; Katsina 254, 501, 301, 180; Kebbi 5, 2, 118, 236; Sokoto 90, 99, 361, 236; Zamfara 450, 262, 860, 174. Totals 1118, 1527, 4829, 1990.
  • South East Region, killings per state for 2019 to 2022: Abia 1, 18, 32, 42; Anambra 32, 39, 241, 183; Ebonyi 27, 15, 226, 133; Enugu 4, 34, 69, 177; Imo 30, 21, 139, 128. Totals 94, 162, 707, 663.
  • South South Region, killings per state for 2019 to 2022: Akwa Ibom 19, 15, 71, 25; Bayelsa 42, 43, 25, 21; Cross River 35, 50, 43, 64; Delta 32, 141, 120, 66; Edo 37, 118, 48, 68; Rivers 176, 76, 84, 79. Totals 341, 443, 391, 323.
  • Monthly analysis of killings by month for 2019 to 2022, with yearly sums of 3188, 4556, 6895 and 5792, and a victim breakdown giving 17,886 civilians and 2,545 security personnel over the four years.
  • Nationwide abductions by year: 117 in 2019, 2,002 in 2020, 5,663 in 2021 and 5,162 in 2022, summing to 12,944.

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