This was disclosed in a report detailing the impact of the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protest and the reasons for the severity of the protests in many northern states, which included heightened insecurity levels affecting many farming communities and an increase in the spate of hunger.
According to the report, between July 2023 and June 2024, the North experienced significantly more kidnappings, with over ten times the number of victims compared to the South.
It explained that as the region, which is responsible for supplying the country’s agricultural needs, farmers had faced multiple taxes imposed by bandit warlords operating in rural areas.
The report read, “Bandits and kidnappers have taken over large swathes of territory in the Northwest and Central regions.
“The North has suffered more kidnappings between July 2023 and June 2024, with more than ten times as many kidnap victims as the
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