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Africa Subsaharan
Over 1,800 Nigerian Students, Teachers Were Victims Of Insurgent Attacks In Less Than 7 Years
2022-02-19


No fewer than 1,823 students and teachers have been victims of holy warrior attacks on schools between April 2014 and January 2021, a factsheet by SB Morgen Intel has revealed.

According to the SBM report released on Thursday, there were 28 incidents of attacks on schools in Nigeria within the period of study; from the Chibok girls' incidence on April 14, 2014, in Borno to the Barkin Ladin attack on January 12th 2021 in Plateau State.

So far, 1, 799 students were attacked while 24 teachers fell victim to the attacks.

The report further analysed the sources of attack to include: 23 perpetrated by armed bandidos; 3 attacks by Islamist Death Eaters and 2 by unknown button men.

School attacks were prevalent in the Northwest region with 1,166 students recorded to have fallen victim within the period. This is followed by the North East region where 386 students were attacked.

"There are incidents of attack involving students in four geopolitical zones of Northwest, Northeast, Northcentral and Southeast. The Northern part of Nigeria accounts for almost all the attack cases. The Northwest accounts for the highest number of students, 1, 166 students were involved in school attack incidents.

"This is followed by the North East with 386 students, North Central (240) and Southeast. On the other hand, attacks involving teachers were only in the North-west and the Northcentral. The Northwest has the highest number of attacks involving teachers followed by the North Central," a part of the report reads.

Meanwhile,
...back at the wreckage, Captain Poindexter awoke groggily, his hand still stuck in the Ming vase...
the report noted that the attacks were largely directed at students in secondary schools who make up 1, 704 of the 1, 799 students.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  1800/7~[taking boots off]~260.

Less than the local high school [6 grades] victimized by Covid mandates.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-02-19 15:59  

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