What the data says
Data collected by the U.S.-based Armed Conflict Location and Event Data program shows 20,409 deaths from 11,862 attacks against civilians in Nigeria between January 2020 and this September.
Of those, 385 attacks were “targeted events against Christians … where Christian identity of the victim was a reported factor,” resulting in 317 deaths, ACLED says.
In the same period, there were 417 deaths recorded among Muslims in 196 attacks.
While religion has been a factor in Nigeria’s security crisis, its “large population and vast geographic differences make it impossible to speak of religious violence as motivating all (the) violence,” said Ladd Serwat, senior Africa analyst at ACLED.
Analysts reject claims of genocide
Analysts say Nigeria’s complex security dynamics do not meet the legal definition of a genocide. The U.N. convention on preventing genocide calls it acts “committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.”
“If anything, what we are witnessing is mass killings, which are not targeted against a specific group,” said Olajumoke Ayandele, an assistant professor at New York University’s Center for Global Affairs who specializes in conflict studies. “The drumming-up of genocide might worsen the situation because everyone is going to be on alert.”Chidi Odinkalu, a professor at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a former chairman of Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission, said Nigerian authorities, however, need to address the rampant violence."
On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM, Dr Ola Kassim<olaka...@aol.com> wrote:
On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM, Kayode Adebayo<kayu...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dummy And Thief Of London Called Femi Olajide:"Dipo is a mentor of mine from his days in OAU. He also has a book called 'If I was cajoled to rule' published in 2019 which analysed the problems of Nigeria and proffered solutions. Some of the solutions such as harmonization of fx, removal of subsidy, student loan" --- Dumb Protégé Called Femi
Solutions recommended by your dumb mentor called Dipo Otuyemi were authored and prescribed by the IMF and World Bank for Nigeria since Babangida regime, you idiot. They're recycled solutions of the IMF and World Bank, copied by your mentor to write a useless book. Removal of Subsidy and Harmonization of Forex solutions were part of the solutions originated by both IMF and World Bank and meant to strangulate Nigeria's economy since 1986 when Babangida devalued Nigeria's Naira for the first time in the history of Nigeria. Devaluation of the Naira was also part of their recommendations. I accused Dr. Kalu Idika Kalu who was Babangida's Minister of Finance in these forums several years ago, of implementing the IMF recommendations which he tried unsuccessfully to defend, citing South Korea. Of course, you've just heard of them from your mentor called Dipo, who copied them from IMF and used that to publish a useless book in 2019 that you're now recommending to Nigerians. But what do you know? You're just an empty head and a thief in London pirating goods.