A human rights monitoring group, Nigeria Mourns, has
revealed that over 353 persons died in the country in the month of March, 2020.
According to the group, while the attention of the entire
nation was shifted to the global COVID-19 pandemic which led to the death of
many people much more people died from Boko Haram/banditry attacks, kidnapping
and other forms of violent mass killings across the country.
The group also alleged that extrajudicial killings were
carried out by security personnel.
Nigeria Mourns, in the report obtained on
Monday, highlighted incidents that occurred in the month.
“The numbers in the month of March continue to highlight the
deliberate targeting of security officers by insurgents. For instance, at least
83 persons were killed in 7 insurgent attacks in the North-East.
“Of the stated number, at least 50 were soldiers who had
been killed in an ambush by suspected Boko Haram gunmen near Goneri, a village
in Yobe State. ISWAP insurgents also killed 5 police officers in Dapchi, Yobe
State.”
It said in the same month, members of a joint security
patrol team were attacked by armed men around Galkogo Forest, Shiroro Local
Government Area of Niger State which led to the death of at least 29 security
persons.
In a similar fashion, the group noted that at least, 70
soldiers were killed when rocket-propelled grenades were fired on their convoy,
as they travelled near Gorgi village in Borno State.
“In this single month, a total of 161 security persons were
killed,” the group said.
On deaths from Banditry/Pillages attacks, Mourn Nigeria
reports that at least, 51 people were killed and millions of Naira worth of
property destroyed in a coordinated pillage of five villages – Hashimawa,
Marina, Kerawa, Unguwan Musa and Zariyawa, in Kaduna State.
In total, the group recorded the death of 219 people in
March in at least, 27 incidents of bandit attacks/pillage.
Furthermore, it said that attacks and abductions on highways
in spite of several highway security checkpoints spread across the country,
also took many lives of Nigerians.
According to Nigeria Mourns, there were 37 incidents
recorded in March with four persons killed.
It also claimed that in the month, Nigeria witnessed
extrajudicial killings by security personnel, adding that this has remained, “a
recurring theme in our reports.”
It said seven Nigerian lives were lost to extrajudicial
killings in March and “2 of the incidents were attributed to ‘stray bullets,'”
the group said in their monthly email update.
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