1,400 Nigerians Killed In Six Months —UN

By Victor John, Makurdi

The united nation over said  1,400 Nigerians have been killed as a result of kidnapping and banditry within a period of six months in the country.

Edward Kallon Director, Edward Kallon The UN Country Director,  make this know  in Makurdi, the Benue state capital during a meeting with Governor Samuel Ortom, noting that killings by armed herdsmen and bandits outweigh killings by the Book Haram terrorist in the country,

“Pockets of conflicts and insecurity in the country at large especially where I am today (Benue), the herders and farmers crisis and also kidnapping and banditry. This is now really getting out of hand.

“The last statistics I saw from the government was that over 1,400 people were killed as a result of kidnapping and banditry since the elections.

“This is not a pleasant statistics,” he said.