{"id":25518,"date":"2020-07-29T13:37:06","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T13:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=25518"},"modified":"2020-07-29T13:37:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T13:37:13","slug":"report-says-142-people-killed-44-abducted-in-northern-nigeria-within-seven-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=25518","title":{"rendered":"Report says 142 people killed, 44 abducted in northern Nigeria within seven days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Violent attacks in the northern part of Nigeria in just one week, between July 18 to 24, saw no less than 142 people killed, a report has revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), an American think-thank, also disclosed that about 44 people were kidnapped within the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the report, six different attacks in Kaduna State<\/a> within the one week period left 59 people dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report tracked the killing in northern Nigeria using information from newspapers and families of victims of various violent attacks to give the breakdown of the attacks as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaduna<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 18, six people were abducted in Chikun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 19, suspected herders killed 21 persons and a police inspector in Kaura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 20, suspected herders killed 11 people in Zangon Kataf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 21, a sectarian violence caused the death of three in Kauru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 23, armed herdsmen killed seven persons in Kaduna\u2019s Kajuru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 24, bandits killed 10 persons in Jema\u2019a and Kaura LGAs of Kaduna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total persons killed in Kaduna alone 59 and six adopted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Katsina<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 18, a bomb explosion killed six children in Malumfashi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the same day, 23 Nigerian soldiers and 17 bandits were killed in Jibia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 21, bandits killed three in Batsari town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 22, bandits kidnapped 17 residents in Safana town of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In total 49 were killed in Katsina and 17 kidnapped within the one week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Borno<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 22, Boko Haram insurgents killed five aid workers. The terrorist group also killed three in Chibok town of the state on the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total killed in Borno, eight persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zamfara<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 20, a military airstrike killed at least 10 bandits in Talata-Mafara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 23, a military airstrike again killed no fewer than 10 bandits in Birnin-Magaji\/Kiyawa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A total of 20 persons killed in Zamfara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taraba and Kogi states<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

July 19, two vigilantes were killed by their abductors in Gassol, Taraba while a Joint Task Force (JTF) killed four kidnappers in Lokoja, Kogi state on the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six persons lost their lives in the two states within the one week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Niger and Adamawa states<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 19, 16 people were abducted in Rafi, Niger State and another five abducted in Jada, Adamawa State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The insecurity situation across the country, especially in northern Nigeria has continued to deteriorate in recent times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amid the troubling situation, President Muhammadu Buhari has refused to heed to the never ending demands for him to sack the country\u2019s service chiefs and rejig the security architecture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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