In November, records showed that a total of 275 persons were killed, while 285 were abducted across Nigerias six geo-political zones.
Breaking down the figures, which were sourced from the Nigeria Security Tracker (NST), out of the 275 killed, 244 of them were unarmed civilians, 17 soldiers – of which 16 were killed in gruesome attacks by some suspected members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP); nine were police officers, three security guards and two vigilantes.
Analysis of the collated data shows that during the month, per zone analysis, North-Central tops the chart again for the fourth month in a row with a total of 109 people killed with Benue, Niger and Plateau States hard hit.
The North-West comes next, with 58 casualties; 46 recorded in the North-East, 18 in South-South and 9 in the South-West.
For state-by-state analysis of killings during the month in focus, Benue leads, with 58 fatalities. Other affected States are Kaduna, with 32 casualties; Niger, 26; Plateau, 24; Enugu, 22; Zamfara, 21; Rivers, 15, and Anambra, 11.
Also, six persons were killed in Imo, Ebonyi, 5 each; Kebbi and Ogun states, 4 each; Delta, 3; Abia, Bauchi, Jigawa, Ondo and Oyo had two fatalities each, while Kano, Nasarawa and Osun recorded 4 killings each.
With 275 killed during the 30 days of November, this means an average of nine persons were killed daily.
