New study highlights high number of attacks on Christians in NigeriaYAOUNDÉ, Cameroon –A new human rights report on Nigeria presents alarming statistics: over 55,000 people were killed in just four years, including over 16,000 civilians.
The report covers the period from October 2019 to September 2023, corresponding to President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term and the first four months of Bola Tinubu’s presidency.
Conducted by the Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa (ORFA), the study titled “Countering the Myth of Religious Indifference in Nigeria’s Terror” – an extensive four-year study on kidnappings and killings in Nigeria – is considered the most comprehensive research in this area to date.
ORFA is a program of the Foundation Platform for Social Transformation, a registered charity in The Netherlands that monitors religious freedom, documents rights violations, and informs decision-makers through advocacy.
The report highlights that Nigeria is entangled in a complex security crisis, marked by widespread violence, particularly against religious communities.
“The most striking point is that the Fulani Ethnic Militia (FEM) are killing Nigerian civilians unopposed. Mass killings, abductions and the torture of whole families go largely unchallenged as government forces pursue targets hundreds of miles away,” the researchers note.
The report says Nigeria faced significant violence and insecurity over the four-year period, with certain regions being particularly affected. During this time, 55,910 people were killed in 9,970 attacks, and 21,621 people were abducted in 2,705 attacks..............
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