The Global Terrorism Index ranks Nigeria eighth among the ten countries most impacted by terrorism, while, according to the Global Organized Crime Index, Nigeria has the world’s sixth highest criminality rate, far worse than the U.S., which is ranked 67th.
“ Nigeria is safe… It’s one of the safest countries in the world… elatively safer , because I am in Abuja now, I’m safe. I go to my town, I’m safe. I go to Lagos, I’m safe.”
Onanuga responded: “Relatively safer, because I am in Abuja now, I’m safe. I go to my town, I’m safe. I go to Lagos, I’m safe.Nigeria is plagued by kidnappings, terrorist attacks, banditry and multiple other crimes. assessed Nigeria as having the world’s sixth highest criminality rate, far worse than the U.S., which it ranked 67th.Kidnappings for ransom, or to pressure the government to meet the kidnappers’ demands, frequently occur in Nigeria, with schoolchildren frequently targeted.
On March 21, SBM Intelligence, an African intelligence-gathering firm, reported that “at least 735 mass abductions, involving over 15,398 victims” had been recorded in Nigeria since 2019, adding: “2024 alone has seen at least 68 mass abductions, averaging over one per day.” It reported that in northwestern Nigeria, gangs of so-called bandits are responsible for killings, kidnappings, sexual violence and looting, while in the northeast, there has been a resurgence of attacks by the Islamic State West Africa Province , a breakaway faction of Boko Haram.
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