NIGER
LAKE
CHAD
STATE
SOKOTO
CHAD
SOKOTO
KATSINA
KOMADUGU
ZAMFARA KATSINA
JIGAWA
BIRNIN KEBBI
BORNO
YOBE
GUSAU
KANO
MAIDUGURI
DUTSE
DAMATURU
CONFL
KANO
KEBBI
TIGO DAM
KADUNA
ARME
BAUCHI
KADUNA
GOMBE
BAUCHI
KAINJ RESERVOIR
BENIN
GOMBE
NIGER
JOS
ADAMAWA
MINNA
NIGERIA
YOLA
ABUJA
KWARA
PLATEAU
JALINGO
FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY
LAFIA
ILORIN
NASSARAWA
OYO
TARABA
EKITI
LOKOJA
OSHOGBO
KOGI
IBADAN
MAKURDI
ADO-EKITI
OSUN
BENUE
AKURE
CAMEROON STATES OFFICIALLY INTRODUCED ISLAMIC LAW MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO MILITANT ISLAMISTS Militant Islamists Conficts between farmers and herders Armed bandits and criminal violence CONFLICT BETWEEN FARMERS AND HERDERS States with islamic law
ABEOKUTA
OGUN
ONDO
EDO
ENUGU
IKEJA
LAGOS
NIGER
ABAKALIKI LAKE
CHAD
AWKA
BENIN CITY
ENUGU
SOKOTO
ASABA
EBONYI
CHAD
ANAMBRA
SOKOTO
BIGHT OF BENIN KATSINA
CROSS RIVER
KOMADUGU
ABIA
DELTA
ZAMFARA KATSINA
UMUAHIA
JIGAWA
BIRNIN KEBBI
BORNO
YOBE
OWERRI
GUSAU
AKWA IBOM
KANO
MAIDUGURI
CALABAR
GULF OF GUINEA
DUTSE
RIVERS DAMATURU
YENAGOA
KANO
UYO
KEBBI
North-South Axis
BEYELSA
TIGO DAM
PORT HARCOURT
© Aid to the Church in Need, 2023 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is visible acknowledged. ARMED BANDITS AND CRIMINAL VIOLENCE
KADUNA
BIGHT OF BIAFRA
BAUCHI
KADUNA
GOMBE
BAUCHI
KAINJ RESERVOIR
IN
NORESTE HAUSA – FULANI
GOMBE
NIGER
JOS
ADAMAWA
MINNA
ABUJA HAUSA-FULANI North-West
KANURI North-East
JUKUN Central-East
TIV South-East
IGBO Central-South
YORUBA South-West
NIGERIA
NOROESTE KANURI
YOLA
KWARA
PLATEAU
JALINGO
FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY
CENTRO OESTE JUKUN
LAFIA
ILORIN
NASSARAWA
CAMEROUN
OYO
TARABA
SUR OESTE TIV
EKITI
LOKOJA
OSHOGBO
3. Overview of recent conflicts BENUE KOGI EDO ENUGU EBONYI ASABA AWKA ENUGU ABAKALIKI MAKURDI CENTRO SUR IGBO SURESTE YORUBA
IBADAN
ADO-EKITI
OSUN
AKURE
ABEOKUTA
OGUN
ONDO
EJA
LAGOS
BENIN CITY
ANAMBRA
HT OF BENIN
CROSS RIVER
ABIA
ACN has been highlighting the plight of Christians in Nigeria for many years, with growing concern, and has singled the country out as one of the most dangerous for Christians in the world. The Global Terrorism Index 2022 ranked Nigeria in 6th place (after Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Burkina Faso, and Syria) and in the Global Peace Index 2022 it ranked 143rd out of 163 countries. Nigeria’s long-standing security challenges are immense and varied in terms of reasons and geography. The situation has become increasingly complicated over the past ten years. An important driver in all cases is the poor social, cultural and edu- cational condition of the Nigerian population, as well as political mismanagement and corruption. But there are religious and ethnic implications in some of the conflicts as well. According to Church leaders, the Government has failed to take appropriate action to stem interreligious and interethnic crimi- nality. DELTA YENAGOA UMUAHIA OWERRI PORT HARCOURT UYO CALABAR BIGHT OF BIAFRA BEYELSA RIVERS AKWA IBOM
“The government has failed us completely; it is the absence of good government that is causing this. Bandits, Boko Haram, kid- nappings, these are all symptoms of injustice, of the corruption that is in the system. Our leaders steal our money and take it to the West. Unless we can get to the root of the issue, we will be fighting a losing battle” , said Matthew Man-Oso Ndagoso, Archbishop of Kaduna. When speaking about violence and conflicts in Nigeria, it is im- portant to understand the different conflicts and the areas of impact. Attacks in Nigeria come from many different directions, and it is often difficult to understand the limits between outright persecution, Islamic extremism, historical ethnic rivalries, and simple banditry. FRONTERA
LF OF GUINEA
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