No fewer than 614,937 Nigerians were killed and 2,235,954 others kidnapped across the country between May 2023 and April 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed. The NBS disclosed this on Tuesday in its report titled ‘The Crime Experienced and Security Perception Survey (CESPS) 2024’, and based on…
The report said about seven in 10 households reported murder cases to the police nationwide with 33 per cent of households responding that the killer was an unknown person, and 23.4 per cent confirmed that the murderer was a member of the household
It doesn’t specifically say that these stats are from a single year, but everything in the report seems to be about May '23 - April '24.
Seven in 10 households reporting a homicide within 12 months is hard to comprehend.
It doesn’t specifically say that these stats are from a single year, but everything in the report seems to be about May '23 - April '24.
Seven in 10 households reporting a homicide within 12 months is hard to comprehend.