Insecurity in Nigeria increased drastically in 2022, with the government doing nothing to curb it.
Millions of naira have been paid to faceless kidnappers as ransom.
There have been reports of the government negotiating with these terrorists and also restricting the masses from using arms to defend themselves.
According to Jihad Analytics, “Since the beginning of the year, the Islamic State has conducted half of its attacks in Africa. For the first time in the history of the jihadi group, Iraq is no longer the country where IS claims the highest number of operations: the group ISWAP is now more active in Nigeria.”
REPORTED KIDNAPPEES as of JAN-NOV 2022
1 Kaduna -1,058
2 Niger – 722
3 Zamfara – 437 –
4 Katsina 416 –
5 Sokoto 183
6 Kogi – 132
7 Plateau – 126
