Due to worsening insecurity across the country, bandits and kidnappers have collected N2.2 trillion as ransom between May 2023 and April 2024.
This is contained in the latest Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey report by the National Bureau of Statistics that said that Nigerians.
The report showed that the monies were paid by households affected by kidnapping incidents, with an estimated 51.89 million crime incidents recorded across Nigerian households.
The North-West region led with the highest incidents- 14.4 million cases reported, followed by the North-Central region with 8.8 million incidents, while the South-East region reported the least crime, with 6.18 million incidents.
The report further indicated that rural areas were more affected by crime than urban areas, with 26.53 million crime incidents in rural households compared to 25.36 million in urban areas.
The report highlighted the severity of kidnapping, with 4.14 million households experiencing home robbery.
“The average amount paid as ransom was N2, 670,693, with an estimated total ransom of N2, 231,772,563,507 paid within the reference period,” the report added.
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