A non-governmental organisation, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, has said that in the last 13 years, not less than 46,000 Christians and 30,000 Muslims have been killed in Nigeria from July 2009 to March 2022, IgbereTV reports
The NGO’s claim which was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday in Enugu State at the end of a press conference, said most of those killed were victims of Boko Haram terrorists, Fulani herdsmen, jihadists and other fundamentalists in the northern regions of the country.
Part of the statement jointly signed by Intersociety’s Board Chairman and Lead-Investigator, Emeka Umeagbalasi, Head, Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Obianuju Joy Igboeli, among others, read:
“In the past 13 years or to be precise from July 2009 when the Boko Haram uprising began, to March 2022, the Christian death tolls had risen to no fewer than 45,644, from 43,000 as at August 2021.
“Estimated 30,000 moderate and defenseless Muslims were also killed during the period by the country’s Jihadists dominated by indigenous and alien Fulani Herdsmen, Fulani Bandits and other jihadist pastoralists or mercenaries.
“In all, 75,644 Nigerians have been killed in the past 13 years, with Christians accounting for 45,644 deaths and moderate and defenseless Muslims accounting for 30,000 deaths
