Kidnapping for ransom (38.06%) has ranked as Nigeria’s most-reported crime case under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration.
This was according to StatiSense, which quoted 2023 data from Nigeria’s Ministry of Police Affairs.
In a post on its X account on Thursday, StatiSense noted that the date revealed that kidnapping cases have outperformed murder, banditry, terrorism, and armed robbery in terms of reports in Nigeria.
https://x.com/StatiSense/status/1829186594101768669
In a zonal analysis, kidnapping crimes are ranked as the most reported in the North Central (38.51 percent), North East (42.11 percent), North West (49.71 percent), South East (30.61 percent), and South-South (36.73 percent), except in the South West.
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Meanwhile, the report indicated that murder crime cases are most prevalent in the South West (29.87 percent).
Osun Defender reports that insecurity continues to grow in Nigeria with a day hardly gone without a report of kidnapping or murder.
Kazeem Badmus is a graduate of Mass Communication with years of experience. A professional in journalism and media writing, Kazeem prioritses accuracy and factual reportage of issues. He is also a dexterous finder of the truth with conscious delivery of unbiased and development oriented stories.
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