Kidnaping in Nigeria between January and June 2021

Over 2,371 persons were abducted between
January and June 2021, a report by SBM
Intelligence has said.
According to the report, an average of 13 persons
were abducted daily within the period across the
36 states of the federation and the Federal
Capital Territory.
The report noted that N10 billion ($19.96 million
as of June 30) was demanded as ransom without
stating the total amount paid by victims.
In the report, whose data was derived from
media reports and the national security tracker
of the Council of Foreign Relations, Niger
recorded the highest incidents with 643 victims
in 28 cases while 58 people were killed in
abduction attempts.
Zamfara State came second with 519 kidnap
victims in seven incidents, leading to deaths of
22 while Kaduna had 360 victims in 26 incidents
leading to deaths of 41.
“Schools were often targeted in the abductions
that took place in the first half of 2021, with
hundreds of students taken hostage in the North-
West,” it added.
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The kidnap victims in other states are; Abia (6),
Abuja (50), Adamawa (3), Akwa Ibom (2),
Anambra (14), Bauchi (3), Bayelsa (7), Benue (6),
Borno (1), Cross River (4), Delta (51), Ebonyi (5),
Edo (18), Ekiti (14), Enugu (15), Gombe (1), Imo
(25), Jigawa (2), Kano (3), Katsina (236), Kebbi
(81), Kogi (31) and Kwara (10).