Nigeria is one of the countries in the world that has been faced with terrorism attacks. In recent times, many has been kidnapped by bandits and other terrorist that fights against the peace, unity and progress of the Nation. These are the report so far on Kidnapping from the six geo- political zones all through 2015-2021.
In 2015, North-Central had 25, 2016 it was 42, 2017 was 46, 2018 was 51, 2019 it increased to 228, 2020 it became 613 and 2021 from January to June it was 942 person’s that were kidnapped. For North-East, in 2015 it was 515, 2016 was 38, 2017 it moved to 172, 2018 was 313, 2019 became 180, 2020 was 392 and 2021 was 211 between January and June.
For North-West, 2015 was 6, 2016 was 68, 2017 was 40, 2018 it became 383, 2019 it moved to 597, 2020 was 1449 and 2021 is 1405 kidnapped persons. In South-East, 2015 was 16, 2016 was 8, 2017 was 9, 2018 was 17, 2019 it moved to 25, 2020 it became 86 and 2021 was 77 persons between January and June.
Moving to South-South, 2015 was 68, 2016 was 134, 2017 was 149, 2018 it increased to 161, 2019 it became 271, 2020 was 201 and 2021 was 140 between January and June. For South-West, 2015 it began with 27 persons, 2016 was 57, 2017 moved to 68, 2018 was 61, 2019 it became 85, 2020 it increased to 119 and 2021 was 169 from January to June.
This data shows that the South-Eastern part has low number of kidnapped persons and the North-Western region has the highest number. It also reveals that the rate of kidnapping has increased from January to June of this year which is alarming and calls for government intervention to this issue.
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