In neighbouring Kogi State, six persons were killed while some houses were burnt by armed persons in a Monday morning attack on the Bagana community of Omala Local Government Area of Kogi. It was gathered that the armed persons invaded the village in large numbers and attacked the villagers, who were performing their early morning prayers on Monday.
Here are the cases compiled from media reports last week. Thus, unreported cases were not included.Īlthough the 40 people reported killed last week is lower than the 47 killed in the previous week, the number of incidents was higher last week. The total tally of casualties for the week (October 24-30) was compiled by PREMIUM TIMES from media reports. The security operatives included three police officers, two operatives of theand one Customs official.
Seven of the victims were security officials while the remaining were civilians. Last week, between October 24 and 30, at least 40 people were killed in separate incidents across the country. However, findings by this newspaper, as part of its weekly review of attacks by armed persons, paint a different picture from what Mr Alkali said. PREMIUM TIMES reported how the police chief, Usman Alkali, said Thursday that not only was the security situation getting better, but the existing cases of insecurity were “isolated cases of crime and threats to public safety, peace and security in some parts of the country.” In the week that Nigeria’s police chief said that the ‘security situation in the country has been significantly stabilized,’ at least 40 people including three police officers were killed by armed non-state actors.
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