Situation Update
STATISTICS OF INCIDENTS AND FATALITIES IN NIGERIAJANUARY 1-15, 2023

FATALITIES132

INJURIESKIDNAPPED VICTIMS

70202

SUMMARY

AFFECTED LOCATIONSThe situation report, which provides a bi-weekly update on armed violence
incidents and casualties in Nigeria, documented multiple security threats
including banditry, kidnapping, cult clashes, assassination, violent clashes
including community/herder clashes, land disputes as well as sexual andgender-based violence (SGBV), particularly rape in the reporting period.

NigerChadSokoto
Katsina

11Within the reporting period, a total of 112 armed violence incidents wererecorded with 70 injuries and 132 fatalities including 13 women, 7 children and16 security personnel. The South-East had the highest number of fatalities
with 40, followed by South-West and North-West with 27 and 22 deaths. The
South-South and North-Central recorded 20 and 16 fatalities, while theNorth-East accounted for the lowest fatality of 7. The period under review
recorded a significant decrease in fatalities (132) compared to the period ofDecember 16-31, 2022, with 305 recorded fatalities. Non-state armed actors
are not included in the statistics of recorded fatalities.

10Zamfara

Kebbi

2422

YobeJigawa
41

Kano
16

Benin

Abuja

4The WANEP NEWS also recorded 42 incidents of kidnapping across 20 Stateswith 202 people abducted during the reporting period. Out of the 202
kidnapped victims, 40 were women, 23 children and 2 security personnel.
Further analysis reveals that the North-West and North-Central accounted
for the highest number with 63 each, followed by the South-South with 44
kidnapped victims. The South-West reported 20 cases, while the North-Eastand South-East had the lowest figures of 7 and 5 victims.

134 Ogun2Lagos1Ekiti
Osun
1698Cotonou

4Adamawa

Nasarawa
2526Taraba

Kogi

391Benue
Enugu
1 Ebonyi

Edo

20 4Anambra
3116 Abia

10Delta

2Plateau

4Ondo

4Gombe3129 6Oyo

710214Bauchi

Kaduna

Niger
Kwara

Borno

Cross River

Cameroon
KIDNAPPED VICTIMSImoFATALITIES

5 1Bayelsa Rivers Akwa-ibom

BURNT POLICE STATIONSWOMEN

13FATALITIES PER REGION (132)
KIDNAPPING PER REGION (202)

CHILDREN

6363271620

NORTH-CENTRAL SOUTH-WEST

77

NORTH-EAST

444022132

SECURITYPERSONNEL

165

NORTH-WEST

7TOTALFATALITIESSOUTH-EAST

20MEN96

SOUTH-SOUTH

NATURE OF INCIDENTS
Ebonyi, Delta,
Ogun, FCT,
Plateau, Imo,Anambra, Adamawa,Kogi, Edo,Kano, Kwara, Oyo,
Lagos, Taraba,Osun,Ondo, Ekiti,Bauchi, Niger,
Enugu,Edo,Kwara

Militia/Farmer
Herder Clash

Suspected
Hoodlums/Armed Gang

Zamfara,Katsina,
Kaduna,Niger,
Nasarawa

Armed Banditry

FCT-Abuja,
Anambra,Sokoto,
Ogun,
Lagos

Ogun,
Ebonyi, Oyo,
Bauchi, Ogun,
Delta,
Anambra,Kano, Lagos,Anambra

Mob Violence

Homicide

Kwara,
agos,
Kaduna,Delta,
Ondo

Bauchi,
FCT-Abuja,
Kano,
Lagos
Delta

Kaduna,FCT-Abuja,
Imo,
Katsina,
Lagos.

Anambra,Lagos,
Delta,
Rivers,Edo

Sexual & Gender
Based Violence(Rape)

Domestic
Violence

Extra Judicial
Killing

Cult Violence

FCT-Abuja,
Lagos,Ogun

PhysicalAssault

Imo,
Ebonyi,Benue,
Enugu,
Edo,
SokotoElection-Related
Violence

Anambra,Taraba,Lagos

Lagos,
Kwara,
Ondo

ArmedRobbery

Communal
ClashData Sourced From: WANEP’s National Early Warning System (NEWS).

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