The
organisation said the over 400 bomb explosions occurred in different locations
of the country but more frequently in the north-west zone between 2010 and May
2013.
‘According
to the Nigeria Police Forces’ Anti- bomb squad, over 400 bomb explosions have
shaken Nigeria in the last three years with an estimated more than 3600 people
recorded by human rights groups who lost their lives in the process between
2010 and May 2013,’ the AOAV said.
North-Central
Coordinator of the body, Elizabeth Jeiyol, expressed hope that the revelation
contained in the organization’s interim report titled ‘Mapping Efforts Against
Violence in Nigeria’ would help to contain armed violence and ensure better
livelihoods for all especially the vulnerable-women and children.
Jeiyol
also informed that between 2008 and 2010 the Nigerian Police Force recorded 887
cases of kidnapping and piracy across the country just as sectarian violence in
the North Western part of the country had claimed over 1500 casualties between
2011 and 2012.
Earlier,
a Senior Security aide to the Benue state government, Samuel Kande said that
the government is concerned about the preservation of lives and properties of
its citizen and would therefore make all efforts to stop proliferations or arms
and weapons in the state.
Similarly, AOVA’s country
representative, Julia Knittel intimated that her organization was in Nigeria to
gather data for other donor agencies who are also interested on working against
armed violence in the world.
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