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4,416 Nigerians Killed, 4,334 Abducted In One Year – CSOS
With less than 24 hours for President Bola Tinubu to clock one year in office, 85 Civil Society Organisations CSOs, yesterday, asserted that 4,416 Nigerians were killed while 4,334 abducted in the last one year.
This was made known during the commemoration of the 7th National Day of Mourning for Victims of Mass Atrocities in Abuja, where they called on the Government to account for the missing and the dead, and ensure justice for mass atrocities.
According to the leadership of the various CSOs including Global Rights Nigeria, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre CISLAC, and others, Nigeria ranked 144th out of 163 countries on the Global Peace Index in 2024, sandwiched between countries inactive warfare, and 5th on the Global Conflict Index, ranking as being extremely vulnerable to conflict.
They said: “We, the undersigned civil society organizations, in commemoration of the 2024 National Day of Mourning and in assessing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s first year in office, reiterate our call to the government to fulfill its constitutional duty of ensuring the security and well-being of all Nigerians, account for the missing and the dead, and ensure justice for the various forms of mass atrocities across the country.
“The National Day of Mourning and Remembrance for Victims of Mass Atrocities and Violent Killings is an annual citizen-led initiative to recognize and accord dignity to victims of mass atrocities as more than just numbers; as humans, citizens whose identities must not be forgotten, and to demand justice for them.
“The National Day of Mourning is further aimed at rekindling our sense of solidarity and nationhood by reminding us that we are in this together and that the office of the citizen is the most powerful office that can be occupied in Nigeria.
“The intractable insecurity in Nigeria has earned it a place as one of the most insecure countries in the world.
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